If Only

Tom Chapin 1994

 

Tom Chapin: If Only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMgQVU4n-kU

If only, if only fair were everywhere We’d breathe it in like air And everyone would share. If only, if only fair were everywhere. If only, if only we’d learn to share our bread The whole world could be fed, There’s plenty here to spare, If only, if only fair were everywhere. Bridge 1: Plenty of food, not enough share. Plenty of hurt, not enough care. Plenty of you, plenty of me, Not enough we. No, not enough we. If only, if only life was like a game And the rules were just the same For maid or millionaire, If only, if only fair were everywhere. Bridge 2: The world is so big, we’re pretty small. Hard to imagine changing it all. But let us begin; let us agree: I’ll do unto you. You’ll do unto me. And someday, some someday Fair will be everywhere. We’ll breathe it in like air And everyone will share Oh, someday, some someday When fair is everywhere, fair is everywhere.