

If I Told You - Single
Darius Rucker
2016
2016
[Verse 1]
What if I told you about my little nothing town
The two room house where I came from
The man that I got my name from
I don't even know where he is now
...
If I Told You
Darius Rucker
[Verse 1]
What if I told you about my little nothing town
The two room house where I came from
The man that I got my name from
I don't even know where he is now
[Verse 2]
What if I told you sometimes I lose my faith?
I wonder why someone like you would even talk to me
What if I told you there's no fixing me
Cause everybody's already tried
[Pre-Chorus]
Would you stay? Would you leave?
I could wait, it'll all come out eventually
[Chorus]
If I told you all the stupid things I've done
I blamed on being young
But I was old enough to know, I know
If I told you the mess that I can be
When there's no one there to see
Would you look the other way, could you love me anyway?
[Verse 3]
What if I told you I don't plan on staying here?
My dreams are a million miles away
And I know your family's gonna want you to stay
You know what? I don't blame them
[Pre-Chorus]
So I'll say what I don't want to
And I'll just pray you want what I do
[Chorus]
If I told you all the stupid things I've done
I blamed on being young
But I was old enough to know, I know
If I told you the mess that I can be
When there's no one there to see
Could you look the other way, could you love me anyway?
Could you love me anyway
[Bridge]
So before we go any further here
Better we turn into another year
There's some things you probably don't want to hear
But you have to
[Chorus]
If I told you sometimes I get jealous
Sometimes I'm half crazy
Would you say the hell with me, the hell with me?
If I told you I barely know what love is
But girl, if that's what this is I don't want to let it slip away
Could you love me anyway, please?
Could you love me anyway?
Could you love me anyway?
Could you love me anyway?
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Darius Rucker: It was a crazy moment, because we were looking for songs and sitting around, and that one was played for me and instantly – and I mean instantly – I really said to my manager, “No one else is cutting this?” He's like, “No, it came to you.”
I was blown away because, from the opening line, I thought, “This is my life.” I remember the first time I got to the chorus, I said, “Stop it. Let's cut it right now.” It's really a song that I thought was written for me.
For me, “What if I told you about my little nothing town / The two-room house where I came from / The man that I got my name from / I don't even know where he is now” – when I heard that line, I went “Oh my God.” The thing about that song is, it's open, but it shocked me how many people reached out to me to say, “This is my life” – so many people.