Cover art for If by Dolly Parton
Jul. 9, 20021 viewer

If Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know
If a face could launch a thousand ships, then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you, you're all that's left me too

[Verse 2]
And when my love for life is running dry
You come and pour yourself on me
If I could be two places at one time, I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way

[Verse 3]
If the world should stop revolving, spinning slowly down to die
I'd spend the end with you, and when the world was through
Then one by one the stars would all go out
Then you and I would simply fly away

[Outro]
If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you?
Because the words could never show the you I've come to know
And one by one the stars will all go out
But you and I will simply fly away
We'll fly away

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Credits
Producer
Harmony Vocals
Mandolin
Electric Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Recorded At
Southern Sound Studios, Knoxville
Release Date
July 9, 2002
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