Story Behind The Song
This song was originally written as a rock song. The inspiration was a lost love long ago that didn't have the chance to grow.Reminiscing of what might have been.
Song Description
R & B soulful tune with beautiful basslines and dreamscape backing vox harmonies. Moaning guitar licks and percussion.
| Song Length |
3:55 |
Genre |
R & B - Soul, R & B - Soul |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Poignant |
Subject |
Lost Love, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
Jill Scott, D'Angelo |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
If I don't Have U -Words and music S Haworth c) 2016 {soul version 2}
V1 (first verse unison with backing vocals)
Gotta find the right look
Gotta find the right line
Ill never be the only one
I don't have ......that much time
Gotta say the right words
Gotta sing the right song
But it still don't mean much if I don't have you.
V2
Gotta to find the right place /gotta find the right place
Gotta to wear the right clothes/gotta wear the right clothes
To make you fall in love with me
You've always got your eyes closed/you've always got your eyes closed
Will I suffer in the silence /will I suffer in the silence
Will it all come true/will it all come true
but it still don't mean much if I don't have U
Mid 8
I would give you everything
Every day would be a dream ....for me babe /for me babe
so easy /so easy
Look right through my broken heart it over
Long before it ever started to grow.../started to grow
I don't know if
V3
I'll ever have the right words/ Ever have the right words
Ever have the right line/ Ever have the right line
Never be the only one
I don't have that much time
and I Gotta make the right moves/gotta make the right moves
Gotta sing the right song /gotta sing the right song
but it still dont mean much if I don't have you
Bridge x 2
If I don't have you baby
if I don't have you baby
You know it still don't mean much if I don't have you
Mid 8
I would give you everything
Every day would be a dream ........for me babe
so easy/ so easy
Look right through my broken heart
Its over long before it ever started to grow....
I don't know if
V3
If I'll ever have the right words
Ever have the right line
Never be the only one
I don't have that much time
Got to make the right moves/gotta make the right moves
Got to sing the right song /gotta sing the right song
but it still don't mean much if I don't have you.
Outro
OO oo baby
if I don't have you baby
if I don't have you baby
I don't have you