If I Can't Have You Lyrics - Sara Bareilles

[Verse 1] 

You tell me that you're leavin' 

You say that time will slow the bleedin' 

Of this heart that I've placed into your hands 

I held it out to you 

Now you give it back, what am I supposed to do? 

Oh, I had a feeling this day would come and leave me reeling 

I just want to run back in your arms again 

But they're no longer there 

To hold me safe inside, to hold me anywhere 

[Chorus] 

Ooh, if I can't have you 

Then I'll have to find a way to get through 

Though I don't want to 

I have to do my best to recall 

That I'm thankful that I held you at all 

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[Verse 2] 

I miss you every morning and in the evening rain 

Tonight, it's pouring, and I'm alone again 

I count the seconds between the thoughts of you 

I'm getting better, baby, I'm almost up to two 

Oh, you had your reasons, and I know 

Some folks are seasons, they got to come and go 

But I'm still tender (Still tender), I miss the summertime 

When I could feel your love and I could still feel mine 

[Chorus] 

Ooh, if I can't have you 

Then I'll have to find a way to get through 

Though I don't want to 

I have to do my best to recall 

That I'm thankful that I held you 

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[Bridge] 

You gave me everything that I will need to walk this long road 

(Show me the way to get back) 

Gave me a sense of pride that I will carry with me 

All the way back home 

[Chorus] 

Ooh, if I can't have you 

Then I'll have to find a way to get through 

Though I don't want to 

I have to do my best to recall 

That I'm thankful that I held you at all 

[Outro] 

I'm thankful that I held you 

(I'm thankful that I held you) 

I'm thankful that I held you 

I'm thankful that I held you, held you, held you 

(I'm thankful that I held you) 

I'm, I'm, I'm (Thankful that I held you) 

(I'm thankful that I held you)