Don McLean - If we Try

When I see you on the street, I lose my
concentration. Just the thought that we might meet
creates anticipation.

Won't you look my way once before you go and my
eyes will say what you ought to know. Well I've
been thinkin' about you day and night...and I
don't know if it'll work out right...but somehow I
think that it just might...if we try.

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation. But
something yearns within to grow beyond
infatuation.

Won't you look my way once before you go and my
eyes will say what you ought to know. Well you've
got me standin' deaf and blind...cause I see love
as just a state of mind...and who knows what it is
that we might find...if we try.

(Bridge)


You're walking a different direction from most
people I've met. You're givin' me signs of
affection I don't usually get. I don't want you to
pledge your future the future's not yours to give.
Just stand there a little longer and let me watch
while you live.

'Cause when I see you on the street, I lose my
concentration. And just the thought that we might
meet creates anticipation.

Won't you look my way once before you go and my
eyes will say what you ought to know. Well I've
been thinking about you day and night...and I
don't know if it will work out right...but somehow
I think that it just might...if we try. Somehow I
think that it just might if we try. Yes somehow I
think that it just might if we try.

Note - Don would often change the last chorus when
he performed the song live. The words were
something like "Won't you look my way once
before you go and my eyes will say what you ought
to know. It'd be so nice to see it all work
out...cause that's what fantasies are all
about..."