If... (BBC Evening Session 1998)

If you

Get out

Before September

Remember

That I'm

Still inside

But I'm dry

I'm dry

And you

When you try

To make a difference

You're so different

And then I

Try

And just die

I die

You know

That I need

You more than I want ya

But I want ya

For all time

So I

I guess on the line

It's all that I can do

To sing these stupid songs to you

I give up half my time

Just trying to think up words that rhyme

I ain't getting any younger

But you wouldn't know

So it's on

With the show

Sometimes

A smoke

A drink and a ponder

Can work wonders

When you're down

Takes your frown

Turns it 'round

Around

And you

When you try

To make a difference

You're no different

Than when I

Try

And just die

I die

And now

That your day

Dream is forgotten

And forgiven

And the world

Has been saved

Be brave

It's all that I can do

To sing these stupid songs to you

I give up half my time

Just trying to think up words that rhyme

I ain't getting any younger

But you wouldn't know

'cause I walk

In shadow

And I never ever

Really show my face

But I'm only ever seen

In the right place

If you get out

Before September

Remember

That I'm

Still inside

But I'm dry

I'm dry

And you

When you try

To make a difference

You're so different

And then I

Try

And just die

I die

You know

That I need

You more than I want ya

But I want ya

For all time

So I

I guess on the line

It's all that I can do

To sing these stupid songs to you

I give up half my time

Just trying to think up words that rhyme

I ain't getting any younger

But you wouldn't know

So it's on

With the show

Sometimes

A smoke

A drink and a ponder

Can work wonders

When you're down

Takes your frown

Turns it 'round

Around

And you

When you try

To make a difference

You're no different

Than when I

Try

And just die

I die

And now

That your day

Dream is forgotten

And forgiven

And the world

Has been saved

Be brave

It's all that I can do

To sing these stupid songs to you

I give up half my time

Just trying to think up words that rhyme

I ain't getting any younger

But you wouldn't know

'Cause I walk

In shadow

And I never ever

Really show my face

But I'm only ever seen

In the right place