WHAT IF RAY CHARLES WEREN'T BLIND
WHAT IF WE WERE STILL TOGETHER
WHAT IF JAMES CARR WERE STILL ALIVE
WHAT IF FOREVER WAS FOREVER

THEN I WOULD BE ALRIGHT
THEN I WOULD SAY "IT'S OKAY"
THEN YOU COULD STAY THE NIGHT
AND WE COULD WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY

WHAT IF GENE CLARK HAD STAYED
WHAT IF YOU HADN'T SPOKEN
WHAT IF EDDIE HINTON STILL PLAYED
WHAT IF THIS DREAM WEREN'T BROKEN

THEN I WOULD BE ALRIGHT
THEN I WOULD SAY "IT'S OKAY"
THEN YOU COULD STAY THE NIGHT
AND WE COULD WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY

DOES NON-REALITY PRECLUDE CONSIDERATION
THIS RING AROUND YOUR NECK
IT'LL STRANGULATE YA …

WHAT IF COE'D BEEN ON DEATH ROW
WOULD IT EVEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AM I DUMB TO THINK YOU'D SHOW
WOULD IT EVEN MAKE A DIFFERNCE

WOULD I BE ALRIGHT
WOULD I SAY "IT'S OKAY"
WOULD YOU STAY THE NIGHT

Jon Houlon, Hillside Blue Music, 2003