If I Could Hit You

from When the River Meets the Sea by Rose Polenzani

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lyrics

So you’ve gone away,
gonna take all the sorry things
you never said to my face
down into the grave.
And I’m not angry, I’m not mad,
I’m just missing all the arguments
we never had.

If I could hit you as hard as I wanted,
I’d have kissed you softer when you died.

The moon is full tonight,
it's big and round and white like a blind man’s eye,
like I don’t care how dark it is,
the good Lord sees what’s in my heart,
and I should have made it right
while I had the chance to try.

If I could hit you as hard as I wanted,
I’d have kissed you softer when you died.

One star falls on the gravesite,
someone loves you tonight,
and it ain’t me.

Tell me that I’m wrong,
take me back when I was 21,
turn me right around the dial,
walk me backwards down the aisle,
tell me I’m alone
and no one came to take me home.

If I could hit you as hard as I wanted,
I’d have kissed you softer when you died.
If I could hit you as hard as I wanted,
I’d have loved you long and said goodbye.

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from When the River Meets the Sea, released October 1, 2008
Rose Polenzani: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Billy Beard: Drums
Ry Cavanaugh: Acoustic Guitar
Dinty Child: Piano
Jim Fitting: Harmonica
Kimon Kirk: Bass
Sean Staples: Mandocello
Dan Kellar: Fiddle

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