[ If We Try ]

(Don McLean) 

When I see you on the street 
I lose my concentration 
And just the thought that we might meet 
Creates anticipation 
Won't you look my way once before you go 
And my eyes will say what you ought to know 
Well, I've been thinking about you day and night 
And I don't know if it will work out right 
But somehow I think that it just might 
If we try 

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation 
But something yearns within to grow 
Beyond infatuation 
Won't you look my way once before you go 
And my eyes will say what you ought to know 
Well, you got me standing deaf and blind 
Cause I see love as just a state of mind 
And who knows what it is that we might find 
If we try 

You're walking a different direction 
From most people I've met 
You're giving me signs of affection 
I don't usually get 
I don't want you to pledge your future 
The future's not yours to give 
Just stand there a little longer 
And let me watch while you live

'cause When I see you on the street 
I lose my concentration 
And just the thought that we might meet 
Creates anticipation 
Won't you look my way once before you go 
And my eyes will say what you ought to know 
Well, I've been thinking about you day and night 
And I don't know if it will work out right 
But somehow I think that it just might 
If we try 
somehow I think that it just might 
If we try 
Yes,somehow I think that it just might 
If we try