I Would If I Could

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I would if I could but I can't so I'll have to fair you well till the next time
Say you will but you won't
So I'm packing up my leaving trunk and saying goodbye
To all of the drama that you do so well
You took me up to heaven then you sent me The bill
I would if I could but I can't so I'll have to fear you will till the next time
I am then I'm not when you put me on the spot Like a star witness
You start then you stop like somebody called the cops on all this love business
Even I can see I'm losing my grip
You wiggled your hips and then you gave me the slip
I am then I'm not when you put me on the spot like a star witness
>Lord have mercy you giggle and you curtsy like a debutante
By extension did I mention that it's little old me I want you to want?
I pray the creator has a master plan for a girl like you and a dirty old man
Lord have mercy you giggle and you curtsy like a debutante

Two steps forward and three steps back to where I was in the first place
You left and he slapped me then you came around and left me in this romance rat race
The way you're perfume smells on the back of your neck
Has me 10 feet tall but I keep it in check
Two steps forward and three steps back to where I was in the first place
(Solos)
You're off then you're on, sun setting at dawn like the world spinning backwards
I'm back then I'm forth I don't know if it's worth all the pain and bad words
Now you're pouring water on my sinking ship with your handful of gimme and your childbearing hips
You're off then you're on sun setting at dawn like the world spinning backwards
>lost and found stone flat wound around your pinky finger
Torn and frayed you knelt and prayed queen bee done lost her stinger
You brought my blood to a scorching boil
And then you ran flat out of rattlesnake oil
I'm lost and found stone flat wound around your pinky finger
You won and lost like a ragdoll tossed up on the stormy ocean
The best and worst I was dying of thirst and you poured me potion
I gave until I just couldn't take no more
In the no man's land between Love and wa
You won and lost like a ragdoll tossed up on a stormy ocean
>repeat verse 1

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from Red Dirt Boys, released March 25, 2020

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Red Dirt Boys Nashville, Tennessee

Red Dirt Boys is the name Emmylou Harris gave to her back up band made up of Chris Donohue, Will Kimbrough, Phil Madeira, and Bryan Owings. When we approached Emmylou and asked her if we could use the name on our upcoming record she said, "Only if I can sing on it". We are proud to work with her, and to have recorded with many fine artists. ... more

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