If I Were A Singer
This song was co-written by Larry Norman and Steve Camp, and appeared on Steve's 1978 album Sayin' It With Love
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Version 1 is a live recording from 1977, performed solo with acoustic guitar. Larry sings his original lyrics for the song. Note that as the song fades out, the first few chords of If God Is My Father are heard.
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lyrics
If I was a singer I'd sing my songs for you
And my songs would point out all the things you're made of
And the only thing I'd write about would be love
And if I were a, a forest, if I only had one tree
I'd still stand upon the land and stretch toward heaven
And I'd look down upon the children of your kingdom
Try to be a sign to lead them to the safety of the mountains
And let them satisfy their thirst from running fountains
These are troubled days
And I want to live my life in a special way
These are troubled days
And I want to give my life to you and show the way
If I were the blue sky my winds would blow for you
My clouds would rain upon the earth with heavy showers
I'd rage with hurricanes to make men cower
Make them frightened so they'd look up and watch me 'til that unexpected hour
When you come again from heaven's lofty tower
These are troubled days
And I want to live my life in some worthwhile way
These are sick crazy days
And I want to give my life to you and show the way
And not be blown away and end up crazy like a lot of other people I see who
Some of them who say they know you and they believe in you but
Don't look that way to me
If I were a singer I'd sing my songs for you
And my songs would try to write down all the things I could see you're made of
And the only songs that I'd try to write down would be songs about your love
And I'd sing 'em 'til the faithless ones believed it
And the children of your wayward church received it
I would sing it to the governments and leaders
And to the writers who have misled all the readers
I would sing it though they jailed me and they killed me
Let them empty me of life for you have filled me
You have filled me
And my songs would point out all the things you're made of
And the only thing I'd write about would be love
And if I were a, a forest, if I only had one tree
I'd still stand upon the land and stretch toward heaven
And I'd look down upon the children of your kingdom
Try to be a sign to lead them to the safety of the mountains
And let them satisfy their thirst from running fountains
These are troubled days
And I want to live my life in a special way
These are troubled days
And I want to give my life to you and show the way
If I were the blue sky my winds would blow for you
My clouds would rain upon the earth with heavy showers
I'd rage with hurricanes to make men cower
Make them frightened so they'd look up and watch me 'til that unexpected hour
When you come again from heaven's lofty tower
These are troubled days
And I want to live my life in some worthwhile way
These are sick crazy days
And I want to give my life to you and show the way
And not be blown away and end up crazy like a lot of other people I see who
Some of them who say they know you and they believe in you but
Don't look that way to me
If I were a singer I'd sing my songs for you
And my songs would try to write down all the things I could see you're made of
And the only songs that I'd try to write down would be songs about your love
And I'd sing 'em 'til the faithless ones believed it
And the children of your wayward church received it
I would sing it to the governments and leaders
And to the writers who have misled all the readers
I would sing it though they jailed me and they killed me
Let them empty me of life for you have filled me
You have filled me