IF I COULD



For Jason
Sung from a parent to her child, "If I Could" meant a lot to me as a mother. It's about how we have to let go of our children eventually, something we moms and dads have a hard time doing. Though we wish we could, we can't protect them forever.


Produced by Barbra Streisand and Arif Mardin
Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Jeremy Lubbock
Keyboards and Programming: Scott Frankfurt
Acoustic Guitar: Dean Parks
Recorded by Dave Reitzas
Mixed by Frank Filipetti

Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Sony/ATV Music LLC (BMI)/WB Music Corp./Spinning Platinum Music (ASCAP)

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If I could
I'd protect you from the sadness in your eyes
Give you courage in a world of compromise
Yes, I would

If I could
I would teach you all the things I've never learned
And I'd help you cross the bridges that I've burned
Yes, I would

If I could
I would try to shield your innocence from time
But the part of life I gave you isn't mine
I've watched you grow
So I could let you go

If I could
I would help you make it through the hungry years
But I know that I can never cry your tears
But I would
If I could

If I live
In a time and place where you don't want to be
You don't have to walk along this road with me
My yesterday
Won't have to be your way

If I knew
I'd have tried to change the world I brought to you to
And there isn't very much that I can do
But I would
If I could

If I could
I would try to shield your innocence from time
But the part of life I gave you isn't mine
I've watched you grow
So I could let you go

If I could
I would help you make it through the hungry years
But I know that I can never cry your tears
But I would
If I could
Yes I would
Yes I would
If I could




Written by: Ronald L. Miller, Kenny Hirsch, Martha V. Sharron

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