Lyric discussion by ICUP32 

Cover art for If I Wanted To lyrics by Melissa Etheridge

I think melissa is great song writer. I think here she's saying that if she wanted to she could do anything she wanted dance with the devil,have political leaders in the palm of her hand..etc but on the other hand there are some things that you cannot deny and one of them is being obsessively in love with someone and to her she feels that she wouldn't have to be in love with this person and trying to deny the fact that she is she would leave but even though she know's that she has no control over the situation she is almost telling herself that she does even though she doesn't.

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