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Intro:
Every single time I see you,
start to feel this way
Makes me wonder
if I'm ever gonna feel this way again
There's a picture hanging in the back of my head
I see it over and over
I wanna hold you, and have you,
in my arms and then
I wanna need you,
'cause I need to be with you 'til the end
But then I hear myself reply
"You've gotta hold it in
this time, tonight"
Chorus:
If only... I had the guts to feel this way
If only... you'd look at me and want to stay
If only... I'd take you in my arms and say
"I won't go 'cause I need you"
Please don't go, 'cause I need you now
I want to hear you say it'll always be this way
and we'll be hand in hand for
every night and every day
I want to scream and shout
'cause I'm losing every doubt
and all I care about is you and me and us and now
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Outro:

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If Only

by Hanson

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Intro:

Every single time I see you,

start to feel this way

Makes me wonder

if I'm ever gonna feel this way again

There's a picture hanging in the back of my head

I see it over and over

I wanna hold you, and have you,

in my arms and then

I wanna need you,

'cause I need to be with you 'til the end

But then I hear myself reply

"You've gotta hold it in

this time, tonight"

Chorus:

If only... I had the guts to feel this way

If only... you'd look at me and want to stay

If only... I'd take you in my arms and say

"I won't go 'cause I need you"

Please don't go, 'cause I need you now

I want to hear you say it'll always be this way

and we'll be hand in hand for

every night and every day

I want to scream and shout

'cause I'm losing every doubt

and all I care about is you and me and us and now

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:

Outro:

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