Lyrics to
If I Had The Time

This version of If I Had The Time was released by Uriah Heep in 1973.

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If I had the time,
To re-live my life
I don’t think I’d care,
To change a thing
As long as I find,
Just a little peace of mind
I can dream and laugh and sing

I can have my fun,
With the silver stars
I can watch the sun,
Fall in the sea
And if it rains,
I will smile just the same
For the rain will make the flowers sing

I know how it is to feel sad
I know how it is when things go bad
But I’m sure that I have found the way
I’m happy here and here I’ll stay whoa
Here I’ll stay

If I had the time,
To re-live my life
I don’t think I’d care,
To change a thing
As long as I find,
Just a little peace of mind
I can dream and laugh and I can sing

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About Lyrics and If I Had The Time by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to If I Had The Time are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to If I Had The Time have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Uriah Heep and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to If I Had The Time by Uriah Heep. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to If I Had The Time" means the words set to the music of If I Had The Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to If I Had The Time and the lyrics to If I Had The Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to If I Had The Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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