Rich Mullins - If I Could Make It Work

Rich Mullins

If I Could Make It Work

"I sit on a piano stool and I make up songs for these men
Who come in with dust on their faces and mud on their boots
From these places that I'll never go
I sleep in a rented bed with a woman who gives me
What little I get of the love that we'd like to imagine
Is left of the love that we never did know
I slip out and scribble a note that reads like a million bucks
It's a four cent nickel for my dime store thief
But it sure reads good

And If I could make it work in life
(Make it work in life)
Like it works on paper
(Works on paper)
If the love that I describe
(Love that I describe)
Could be anything but words
Then I would wipe my eyes
I'd dry this ink
I'd trade my pen in on a pair of wings
And I would
(I would)
I would fly
(I would fly)
If I could only make it work in life

And at the end of every night I add up the tips
That account for what might not come down to a thing
That amounts to a life and the sum of it all
I'm afraid is less than what I know
I need to slip beneath the surface of my forgeries
Where I buried my hopes with sometimes my dreams
Still stir me and steal me away
And I can still hear Dineh Bikeyah call
Just like when we were kids
And I could tell you all about it in a song
But Lord I wish that

I could make it work in life
(Make it work in life)
Like it works on paper
(Works on paper)
If the love that I describe
(Love that I describe)
Could be anything but words
Then I would wipe my eyes
(Wipe my eyes)
I'd dry this ink
I'd trade my pen in on a pair of wings
(I would fly)
And I would fly!
If I could only make it work in life
If I could only make it work in life"

Mirror lyrics:

If I could only make it work in life"
If I could only make it work in life
And I would fly!
(I would fly)
I'd trade my pen in on a pair of wings
I'd dry this ink
(Wipe my eyes)
Then I would wipe my eyes
Could be anything but words
(Love that I describe)
If the love that I describe
(Works on paper)
Like it works on paper
(Make it work in life)
I could make it work in life

But Lord I wish that
And I could tell you all about it in a song
Just like when we were kids
And I can still hear Dineh Bikeyah call
Still stir me and steal me away
Where I buried my hopes with sometimes my dreams
I need to slip beneath the surface of my forgeries
I'm afraid is less than what I know
That amounts to a life and the sum of it all
That account for what might not come down to a thing
And at the end of every night I add up the tips

If I could only make it work in life
(I would fly)
I would fly
(I would)
And I would
I'd trade my pen in on a pair of wings
I'd dry this ink
Then I would wipe my eyes
Could be anything but words
(Love that I describe)
If the love that I describe
(Works on paper)
Like it works on paper
(Make it work in life)
And If I could make it work in life

But it sure reads good
It's a four cent nickel for my dime store thief
I slip out and scribble a note that reads like a million bucks
Is left of the love that we never did know
What little I get of the love that we'd like to imagine
I sleep in a rented bed with a woman who gives me
From these places that I'll never go
Who come in with dust on their faces and mud on their boots
"I sit on a piano stool and I make up songs for these men

Relevant Tags:

IIf II CCould MMake IIt WWork	f ould ake t ork	fI I oCuld aMke tI oWrk	jf j fould jake jt aork	jIf jI fCould jMake jIt aWork	Ijf Ij Cfould Mjake Ijt Waork
9f 9 xould kake 9t 3ork	9If 9I xCould kMake 9It 3Work	I9f I9 Cxould Mkake I9t W3ork	lf l vould nake lt dork	lIf lI vCould nMake lIt dWork	Ilf Il Cvould Mnake Ilt Wdork
of o dould Maake ot eork	oIf oI dCould Mke oIt eWork	Iof Io Cdould Mkae Iot Weork	kf k Coould Mzke kt sork	kIf kI Culd Mzake kIt sWork	Ikf Ik Cuold Mazke Ikt Wsork
8f 8 Ckuld Mqke 8t 2ork	8If 8I Ckould Mqake 8It 2Work	I8f I8 Cokuld Maqke I8t W2ork	uf u C9uld Mske ut qork	uIf uI C9ould Msake uIt qWork	Iuf Iu Co9uld Maske Iut Wqork
Iff C0uld Mwke Itt Woork	I C0ould Mwake I Wrk	If Co0uld Mawke It Wrok	Ic Cluld Mxke If Wkrk	Icf Clould Mxake Ift Wkork	Ifc Coluld Maxke Itf Wokrk
Ir Ciuld Makke I5 W9rk	Irf Ciould Mae I5t W9ork	Ifr Coiuld Maek It5 Wo9rk	Ig Couuld Male Ih W0rk	Igf Cold Malke Iht W0ork	Ifg Colud Makle Ith Wo0rk
It Cohld Maoe Iy Wlrk	Itf Cohuld Maoke Iyt Wlork	Ift Couhld Makoe Ity Wolrk	Iv Co7ld Mame I6 Wirk	Ivf Co7uld Mamke I6t Wiork	Ifv Cou7ld Makme It6 Woirk
Id Cokld Maje Ig Worrk	Idf Majke Igt Wok

HOME