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2012 Revised Version
Working the Musical - If I Could've Been Lyrics
WOMAN 2
If I could've been
What I could've been
I could've been something
WOMAN 3, spoken
I wanted to be a writer...
MAN 1, spoken
A major league baseball player...
MAN 3, spoken
Own a little farm...
WOMAN 2, sung
If what I could be
Had been left to me
I could've been something
WOMAN 3, spoken
But then I got married.
MAN 3, spoken
Then the kids came along.
MAN 1, spoken
Then my dad took sick.
WOMAN 3, sung
A tower of strength
A center of power
At ten bucks an hour
MIKE, spoken
There's always a stumbling block.
I was gonna work for a few years,
Buy me a car, head west.
Well, I met the wife. Kinda changed my plans.
You never know what you woulda did.
WOMAN 2, sung
If I could've done
What I could've done
I could've done big things
WOMAN 3
With some luck to do
What I wanted to
I could've done big things
MAN 2
Swim a few rivers
WOMAN 1
Climbed a few hills
MAN 3
Paid all my bills
WOMAN 1
Now it's just dreams that I'm stuck with
And hell, that ain't a lot to show
MAN 1
I haven't gone far from the starting line
But deep down inside where it counts I know
ALL
I know
I know
WOMAN 2 (ALL)
I know that if I could've gone
(If I could've gone)
Where I could've gone
(Where I could've gone)
I could've gone places
(I could've gone far away)
With leeway to go
Far as I could go
I could've gone places
(I could've gone far away)
To the front of the line, the top of the tier
A long way from here
(I could have)
WOMAN 3 (ALL)
Way back then, I had ambition
(Way back then)
A lot of stamina and guts
(Oh, way back when...)
I never took no for an answer
It was tougher to fight
All those ifs ands, or buts
ALL, echoed
All those ifs, ands, or buts
But if I could've been
What I could've been
I could've been something
If my destiny
Had been left to me
I could've been something
ALL
If they had just let me go
Where I was raring to go
When I was raring to go back then
(If they had just let me go)
God only knows
God only knows
God only-
God only knows
What I could've been
GROUP 2
I could've been something
GROUP 1
What I could've been
GROUP 5
I could've been someone
GROUP 3
The top of the tier
GROUP 1
What I could've been
GROUP 4
I could've gone somewhere special
GROUP 2
I could've been something
GROUP 5
I could've been someone
GROUP 3
A long way from here
GROUP 2
I could've been someone
GROUPS 1, 4 and 5
What I could've been
GROUP 3
The top of the tier
GROUP 2
I could've been something
GROUP 1
What I could've been
GROUP 5
I could've been someone special
GROUP 2
I could've been someone
GROUP 3
The top of the tier
GROUP 1
What I could've been
GROUP 4
I could've gone somewhere special
GROUP 2
I could've been something
GROUP 3
A long way from here...
[Thanks to Ashen S for the lyrics]
Songs from musical: Working the Musical Lyrics
If I Could've Been lyrics Working the Musical
Working the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
All The Livelong Day
Delivery
Nobody Tells Me How
Brother Trucker
Just A Housewife
Millwork
If I Could've Been
The Mason
It's an Art
Joe
A Very Good Day
Cleanin' Women
Fathers & Sons
Something to Point To
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