Barenaked Ladies
Shoe Box EP
If I Had - (yellow tape version)
Words and Music by Steven Page & Ed Robertson
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house)
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you a K-Car (a nice Reliant automobile)
If I Had I'd buy your love.
If I Had I'd build a tree fort in our yard.
If I Had You could help, it wouldn't be that hard.
If I Had Maybe we could put a like little tiny refrigerator in there somewhere.
[We could go up there any time we wanted to. We could have like snacks and beverages]
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you a fur coat (but not a real fur coat that's cruel)
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you an exotic pet (Like a llama or an emu)
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (All them crazy elephant bones)
If I Had I'd buy your love
If I Had We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I Had We'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I Had We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner.
[But we would. Look I like Kraft Dinner. I think we'd eat more.]
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel)
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you some art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I Had (If I Had )
I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey!?)
If I Had I'd buy your love..
If I Had , If I Had
If I Had , If I Had
If I Had , If I Had
I'd be rich.