If You Dare
This happens occasionally… I don’t remember the genesis of this song. It is perhaps the last in this collection to develop and it came easily. So… here it is. It speaks to the scariness of taking on a relationship: surrendering yourself to another person’s attention, dreams, demands, opinions, and all that. Last line: giving all of yours to her/him/it/them…
If You Dare
G Gsus4 D7
G Bm Em D
When the flowers dance and the birds sing and, I can laugh at everything
G Bm C D
The Sun is shining, the Stars are bright and, I even hope that it rains tonight
G B7 Em Am
These are days we live for. It does not matter what tomorrow brings
G Em C D
My troubles are never vanquished but some days they’re put far out of sight
But, sometimes dark clouds roll in and I can’t see hope for anything
It’s all a mess. Everything is going wrong, and I can’t find where I belong
I feel broken, scared and lonely and I could care less what tomorrow brings
My hopes and dreams are in disarray. Yet, an Angel came to me to say…
G Gsus4 D7 G7
C D
Imagine there is someone
G Em
Who loves you no matter what’s been done
C Cm
Look until you find her. She’s there
D D7
And she’s yours, if you dare
If you want your life to change, you have to change what you’ve always done
And, if you want to find your dreams, take a mystic road where it often rains
I went to places I’ve never seen, traveled a road that I’d never been on
With no end in sight, I keep hoping she was right. Trusting her again and again.
There is always someone
Who loves you no matter what’s been done
Look until you find her. She’s there
And she’s yours, if you dare
Am E7 D7
And your hers, If you dare
G Gsus4 G D7 G