Top Songs By The Original London Cast of Working: A Musical
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Original London Cast of Working: A Musical
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Original London Cast Recording
Arranger
Micki Grant
Songwriter
Lyrics
If I could have been
What I could have been
I could have been something
I wanted to be a writer
A major league baseball player
Own a little farm
If what I could be
Had been left to be
I could have been something
But then I got married
Then the kids came along
And then my dad took sick
A tower of strength
A center of power
At ten bucks an hour
There's always a stumbling block
I was gonna work for a few years
Buy me a car, head West
Well, I met the wife, that kinda changed my plans
You never know what you woulda did
If I could've done
What I could've done
I could've done big things
With some luck to do
What I want to do
I could've done big things
Swam a few rivers
Climbed a few hills
Paid all my bills
Now it's just dreams
That I'm stuck with
And hell
That ain't a lot to show
I haven't far from the starting line
But deep down inside where it counts, I know
I know, I know
I know that if I
If I could've gone (If I could've gone)
Where I could've gone (Where I could've gone)
I could've gone places (I could've gone far away)
With Leeway to go
Far as I could go
I would've gone places
I could've gone far away
To the front of the line
The top of the tier
A long way from here (I could have been)
Way back then I had ambition (Way back then)
A lot of stamina and guts (Oh, way back when)
I never took "No" for an answer
It was tougher to fight
All those If's And's or But's
All those If's And's or But's
But if I
But if I
If I could've been (If I could've been)
What I could've been (What I could have been)
I could've been somethin' (Something special)
If my destiny (If my destiny)
Had been left to me (Had been left to me)
I would've been somethin' (I could've been something)
If they had just let me go (If they had just let me go)
Where I was rarin' to go
When I was rarin' to go (When I was rarin' to go)
Back then (If they had just let me go)
God only knows
God only knows, God only knows, God only knows
What I could've been (I could've been something)
What I could've been (I could've been someone)
What I could've been (I could've been someone special)
What I could've been (Top of the tier)
What I could've been (I could've been someone)
What I could've been (I could've gone somewhere special)
Writer(s): Micki Grant
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