If You Will Have Me

Album: The Future Is Medieval (2011)
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  • I don't know if you'll hear this song
    And if you do you might not know
    That is a tribute to the man who made
    Our world go around

    I don't know if you'll hear this song
    But if you do you're not alone
    So dance while you can and cry while you can
    Let the world go around

    And if you will have me
    I want to be the son that I was
    And if you will have me
    I want to be the boy from the photograph

    I miss the daily phone call
    And I miss the good advice
    And my brother misses everything
    He's just looking for you

    It's the longest tough goodbye
    So many lows and no real highs
    Seems so little we can do
    Is see glimpses of you

    And if you will have me
    I want to be the son that I was
    And if you will have me
    I want to be the boy from the photograph

    Can't fight, life
    So dance while you can

    You can't fight, life
    So just dance while you can

    And if you will have me
    I want to be the son that I was
    And if you will have me
    I want to be the boy from the photograph

    And if you will have me
    I want to be the son that I was
    And if you will have me
    I want to be the boy from the photograph Writer/s: NICHOLAS HODGSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Rachel from West MidlandsIt is about Nick Hodgson's father having Alzheimer's disease, not Ricky Wilson's father. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/03/kaiser-chiefs-the-future-is-medieval
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