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What I Wouldn't Do Lyrics
If we were children I would bake you a mud pie
Warm and brown beneath the sun
Never learned to climb a tree but I would try
Just to show you what I'd done
Oh what I wouldn't do
If I had you, babe, I had you
Oh what I wouldn't do
If I had you, babe
If I were old, my dearest, you would be older
But I would crawl upon your lap
Wrap a blanket 'round our frail little shoulders
And I'd die happily like that
Oh what I wouldn't do
If I had you, babe, I had you
Oh what I wouldn't do
If I had you, babe, if I had you
So lace your hands 'round the small of my back and I will kiss you like a king
I will be your bride, I'll keep you warm at night
I will sing, I will sing
It was now when we were both in the same place
Didn't know how to say the words
With my heart ticking like a bomb in a birdcage
I left before someone got hurt
'Cause what I wouldn't do
I had you, babe, I had you
It was what I wouldn't do
When I had you, babe, when I had you
Warm and brown beneath the sun
Never learned to climb a tree but I would try
Just to show you what I'd done
If I had you, babe, I had you
Oh what I wouldn't do
If I had you, babe
But I would crawl upon your lap
Wrap a blanket 'round our frail little shoulders
And I'd die happily like that
If I had you, babe, I had you
Oh what I wouldn't do
If I had you, babe, if I had you
I will be your bride, I'll keep you warm at night
I will sing, I will sing
Didn't know how to say the words
With my heart ticking like a bomb in a birdcage
I left before someone got hurt
I had you, babe, I had you
It was what I wouldn't do
When I had you, babe, when I had you
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this song is about being afraid of falling in love, in my opinion.
in the beginning of the song, she's singing about all the things she would do if she had "you" aka the object of her affection.
then towards the middle of the song, she sings about how it came to that point (where she could finally show her love all she would do for him), but she didn't know how to say it (scared of what she was feeling, didn't know how to explain herself, nervous, etc.) and so she stays mum and removes herself from the situation, thus leading to the lyrics:
"cause it was what i wouldn't do, i HAD you babe, i HAD you, it was what i wouldn't do, when i had you babe, i had you."
so she finally did get that person, but she couldn't bring herself to say "i love you," so, like i said, she ditched the relationship before it got more serious. ("i left before someone got hurt").
the last part of the lyrics posted are wrong.
omg.. sad.. I finally just payed attension to that last verse of what i thought was such a happy song!!!
I know the feeling though..
I completely agree with keereerar btw.
I completely agree with keereerar btw.