If It Was Up To Me Song Lyrics and Chords by Doug Stone
If It Was Up To Me
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Johnny MacRae and Steve Clark
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All our friends are
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asking me
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about
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say I was a fool to let you
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go
The truth is I had
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no choice in the
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matter
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But I
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hide my feelings
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well so they don't
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know
If
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it was up to me I'd stem the tides
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mountain just to see
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Your loving
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smile
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gain
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it was up to me
I'd turn the hands of time back
To the
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way we used to be
And we'd be
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one again if it was up to
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me
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They
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ask me when
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we're gettin' back to
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gether
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They don't know it's all out of my
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hands
Cause I can't help the
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way that you're not
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feeling
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Any
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more than I can
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help the way I
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am
If
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it was up to me I'd stem the tides
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mountain just to see
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Your loving
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smile
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gain
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it was up to me
I'd turn the hands of time back
To the
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way we used to be
And we'd be
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one
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Yes if
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it was up to me I'd stem the tides
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mountain just to see
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Your loving
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smile
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gain
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it was up to me
I'd turn the hands of time back to
The
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way we used to be
And we'd be
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one
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If it was up to
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me
FAQ
Who sang the the song If It Was Up To Me?
- The song If It Was Up To Me was sang by Doug Stone.
Who is Doug Stone?
- Doug Stone (born Douglas Jackson Brooks June 19, 1956) is an American country music singer and actor. He debuted in 1990 with the single "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)", the first release from his 1990 self-titled debut album for Epic Records. Both this album and its successor, 1991's I Thought It Was You, earned a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Two more albums for Epic, 1992's From the Heart and 1994's More Love, are each certified gold. Stone moved to Columbia Records to record Faith in Me, Faith in You, which did not produce a Top Ten among its three singles. After suffering a heart attack and stroke in the late 1990s, he exited the label and did not release another album until Make Up in Love in 1999 on Atlantic Records. The Long Way was released in 2002 on the Audium label (now part of E1 Music), followed by two albums on the independent Lofton Creek Records.
Stone has charted twenty-six singles on Hot Country Songs, with his greatest chart success coming between 1990 and 1995. In this timespan, he had eight No. 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs charts including: "In a Different Light", "A Jukebox with a Country Song", "Too Busy Being in Love", and "Why Didn't I Think of That". He is known for his neotraditionalist country sound and his frequent recording of ballads.
