PINK FLOYD - IF

IF

PYNK FLOYD

SONGWRITER: Roger Waters

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: ATOM HEART MOTHER

LABEL: HARVEST

GENRE: PROGRESSIVE FOLK

YEAR: 1970

"If" is a song by Pink Floyd on their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother. This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd.

Written and sung by Roger Waters, like "Grantchester Meadows" before it, "If" carries on a pastoral and folky approach, but instead deals with introspection. The song is in the key of E Major.

If I were a swan, I'd be gone.

If I were a train, I'd be late.

And if I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do.

If I were to sleep, I could dream.

If I were afraid, I could hide.

If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain.

If I were the moon, I'd be cool.

If I were a rule, I would bend.

If I were a good man, I'd understand the spaces between friends.

If I were alone, I would cry.

And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry.

And if I go insane, will you still let me join in with the game?

If I were a swan, I'd be gone.

If I were a train, I'd be late again.

If I were a good man, I'd talk to you more often than I do.