If You Never Got Sick Lyrics

Well, that ain't a parachute
That ain't a rip cord
That ain't a body of water
We're headed for
There's so little time left
So much to be done
Even you are gonna need someone

That ain't a trick of light
Or the morning haze
Coming in from the lake
Getting into your eyes
It's the invisible breath
Of a storm on the rise
That I feel whenever you arrive

Now I may not be quick
Maybe never was
But tell me what the Hell it is
That you've become

Baby, if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby, if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you

This ain't a righteous love
Even a good one
These ain't the kinds of return
That I was thinking of
I'm unbearable now
You ain't seen nothing yet
You'll se me dead before you see me quit

That ain't a jug of wine
That you've been drinking from
Now lay back now baby
Let your fever come
I will bury you in
Just to dig you out
I haven't a use for being proud

Let us see for the pride
Got high in the rise
But don't be disappointed
How I'm using mine

But baby, if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
But baby, if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you

I think I made a mistake
I think I pushed when you said wait
But I never get to hold on you

I followed you deep into a barren field
There was someone you were running from
When I needed to sleep that's when you disappeared
But I did get the impossible done
Now I always knew there was God inside you
I just never did learn which one

But baby, if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
But baby, if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you

Baby, if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby, if you never got sick
I would never get to hold you

The Wallflowers - Red Letter Days

Nov 2002

1. When You're On Top
2. How Good It Can Get
3. Closer To You
4. Everybody Out Of The Water
5. Three Ways
6. Too Late To Quit
7. If You Never Got Sick
8. Health And Happiness
9. See You When I Get There
10. Feels Like Summer Again
11. Everything I Need
12. Here In Pleasantville