If I Only Had a Match Don McLean

[Intro, spoken]
Sounds real good
Let's hear some bass
Yeah
You know I can't tell you how many times
I've gone to the record store
And thumbed through those old albums in the 30's and 40's
And seen some guy in front of a lamppost
With his hat pushed back and a cigarette in his hand
Thinkin' about the gal that got away
Somehow, even though he's out in the middle of nowhere
There's always four guys behind the lamppost
Singin' in perfect harmony
(Ba-ba-ba-bom)
Kinda like that
As the smoke rises and he thinks about
All his dreams just disappeared into spacе
He sings

[Verse 1]
If I only had a match
Then my cares I'd soon forgеt
All I'd need would be a match
If I had a cigarette (If I had a cigarette)
Thanks fellas