Second conditional songs

Here’s a 10-minute video containing eight song excerpts filled with second conditional examples. If you want to use them, just Google the song title + lyrics and have fun. YouTube will have all the original clips, of course. Have fun! Be warned, though, that some of the songs are pretty cringe-inducing, especially Bonnie Tyler’s 1986 smash hit.

Here are a the relevant excerpts from the lyrics:

1. Adam Lambert – If I had you
There’s a thin line ‘tween the dark side and the light side
Baby tonight 
it’s a struggle gotta rumble trying to find it

But if I had you, that would be the only thing I’d ever need

Yeah if I had you,
then money fame and fortune never could compete

If I had you, life would be a party it’d be ecstasy

Yeah, if I had you

2. Beyoncé – If I Were a Boy
If I were a boy even just for a day

I’d roll outta bed in the morning and throw on what I wanted then go

Drink beer with the guys and chase after girls

I’d kick it with who I wanted
 and I’d never get confronted for it cause they’d stick up for me

If I were a boy
 I think I could understand
 how it feels to love a girl

3. Katie Melua – If You Were a Sailboat
If you were a cowboy I would trail you
If you were a piece of wood I’d nail you to the floor
If you were a sailboat I would sail you to the shore
If you were a river I would swim you
If you were a house I would live in you all my days
If you were a preacher I’d begin to change my ways

4. Stars on 54 – If You Could Read my Mind
If you could read my mind love
 what a tale my thoughts would tell
Just like an old time movie 
’bout a ghost from a wishing well
If you could read my mind love
 what a tale my thoughts would tell
Just like a paperback novel the kind that drugstores sell
And when you reach the part where the heartache comes
The hero would be you, heroes often fail
Never thought I could feel this way
 and I’ve got to say that I just don’t get 
it
I don’t know where we went wrong but the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back
If you could read my mind

5. Tina Arena – If I Was a River
If I was the sun
I would shine my light to light your world
If I was the rain 
I would wash your tears away
I’d keep your world right, be your light in the night
If I was the sky 
I would rain down love into your life
If I was a river
 you would be my ocean
, every stream would lead me to your arms
If I was a river
 I’d flow to you forever
Love would run forever in this heart of mine
 if I was a river

6. Celine Dion – If You Asked me to
But if you asked me to I just might change my mind
 and let you in my life forever
If you asked me to
 I just might give my heart
 and stay here in your arms forever
If you asked me to

7. Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time
If I could turn back time, if I could find a way
I’d take back those words that hurt you
 and you’d stay
If I could reach the stars 
I’d give them all to you
Then you’d love me, love me
 like you used to do
If I could turn back time

8. Bonnie Tyler – If You Were a Woman and I Was a Man
If you were a woman and I was a man would it be so hard to understand
That a heart’s a heart and we do what we can
If you were a woman and I was a man

Thanks for reading. And watching.

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