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If I Could Only Be Your Lover

Bruce Springsteen

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Vocals

Ron Aniello

Guitar

Max Weinberg

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Producer

Ron Aniello

Producer

Toby Scott

Recording Engineer

Rob Lebret

Recording Engineer

Ross Petersen

Recording Engineer

Clif Norrell

Recording Engineer

Bob Clearmountain

Bob Clearmountain

Mixing Engineer

Ted Jensen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Just another town, another house

Boarded up, foreclosure sign

Once this town, this house

And you were mine

A rusted latch on a backyard fence

A swingset swallowed up in weeds

Growin' up some back-porch steps

[Chorus]

If I could only be your lover

I'd never covet any other

[Verse 2]

Mornin' coffee, wake the kids

Kitchen warms to the day

This morning, this moment

No different in any way

The evening, a small picnic

'Neath summer trees

Everything so quiet

You'd never notice you're holding a dream

[Chorus]

If I could only be your lover

I'd never covet any other

[Verse 3]

The work dries up, it'll be ok

The end's a voice on the phone

From some office a million miles away

[Chorus]

If I could only be your lover

I'd never covet any other

[Verse 4]

That summer, your hair

Had grown so long

You'd pull it back in a bun

And you'd sing a song

A song that'd set this house alight

Then slip 'cross my heart

And on out into the night

[Chorus]

If I could only be your lover

I'd never covet any other

[Outro]

If I could only be your lover

I'd never covet any other

Written by: Bruce Springsteen

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