Songtexte If I Loved You (From Carousel) [Acoustic] - Thomas Allen , Valerie Masterson

You couldn't take my money if I didn't have any
And I don't have a penny, that's true
And if I did have money, you couldn't take any
Cause you'd ask and I'd give it to you

You're a queer one, Julie Jordan
Have you ever had a feller you gave money to?

No

Ain't you ever had a feller at all?

No

Well, you must've had a feller you went walkin' with

Yes

Where'd you walk?

Nowhere special I recollect

In the woods?

No

On the beach?

No

Did you love him?

No, never loved no one. I told you that

Say, you're a funny kid. Wanna go into town and dance, maybe, or

No. I have to be careful

Of what?

My character. You see, I ain't never gonna marry

I'm never gonna marry
If I was gonna marry
I wouldn't have to be such a stickler
But I'm never gonna marry
And a girl who don't marry
Has got to be much more particular

Suppose I was to say to you that I'd marry you?

You?

That scares you, don't it? You're thinking what the cop said

No I ain't. I don't never pay no mind to what he said

But you wouldn't marry anyone like me, would you?

Yes, I would if I loved you. It wouldn't make no
Difference what you... I...not even if I died for it

Oh, how'd you know what you'd do if you
Loved me? Or how you'd feel, or anything?

I don't know how I know

Oh

Just the same, I know how I— how it'd be if, if I loved you

When I worked in the mill
Weavin' at the loom
I'd gaze absent-minded at the roof
And half the time the shuttle'd tangle in the threads
And the warp would get mixed with the woof
If I loved you

But you don't

No, I don't

But somehow I can see
Just exactly how I'd be
If I loved you
Time and again I would try to say
All I'd want you to know
If I loved you
Words wouldn't come in an easy way
Round in circles I'd go
Longin' to tell you
But afraid and shy
I'd let my golden chances pass me by
Soon you'd leave me
Off you'd go in the mist of day
Never, never to know
How I loved you
If I loved you

Well, anyway, you don't love me. That's what you said, wasn't it?

Yes. I can smell 'em. Can you?

What?

The blossom. The wind brings 'em down

Ain't much wind tonight. Hardly any

You can't hear the sound
Of the turn of a leaf
Nor the fall of a wave
Hittin' the sand
The tide's creepin' up on the beach like a thief
Afraid to be caught, still
I start to wonder
What life is all about

And I always say
Two heads are better 'an one
To figure it out

I don't need you or anyone to help me. I got it
Figured out for myself. We ain't important. What
Are we? A couple of specks of nothin'. Look up there!
(Sung)
There's a hell of a lot of stars in the sky
And the sky is so big the sea looks small
And two little people, you and I
We don't come at all
(Spoken)
You're a funny kid. Don't remember ever meetin' a girl like you
(Sung)
You! Are you trying to get me to marry you?

Oh no!

Then what's puttin' it into my head? You're different, all right
Can't think what it is. You look up at me with that little kid
Face like... like you trusted me. I wonder what it'd be like

What?

Nothin'! I know what it'd be like
It'd be awful. I can just see myself
(Sung)
Kinda scrawny and pale
Pickin' at my food
And lovesick like any other guy
I'd throw away my sweater
And dress up like a dude
In a dickey and a collar and a tie
If I loved you

But you don't

No, I don't
(Sung)
But somehow I can see
Just exactly how I'd be
If I loved you
Time and again
I would try to say
All I'd want you to know
If I loved you
Words wouldn't come
In an easy way
Round in circles I'd go
Longin' to tell you
But afraid and shy
I'd let my golden chances
Pass me by
Soon you'd leave me
Off you would go
In the mist of day
Never, never to know
How I loved you
If I loved you
(Spoken)
I'm not a fella to marry anybody. Even if a girl
Was foolish enough to want me to, I wouldn't

Don't worry about it, Billy

Who's worried?

You're right about there being no wind. The blossoms are just
Comin' down by theirselves. Just their time to, I reckon