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If Only (Quartet) Lyrics by Disney’s The Little Mermaid on Broadway

The Little Mermaid Broadway OST

2008

[ARIEL] (sung)
IF ONLY YOU COULD KNOW
THE THINGS I LONG TO SAY
IF ONLY I COULD TELL YOU
WHAT I WISH I COULD CONVEY

IT'S IN MY EV'RY GLANCE
MY HEART'S AN OPEN BOOK
YOU'D SEE IT ALL AT ONCE
IF ONLY YOU WOULD LOOK

IF ONLY YOU COULD GLIMPSE
THE FEELING THAT I FEEL
IF ONLY YOU WOULD NOTICE
WHAT I'M DYING TO REVEAL

THE DREAMS I CAN'T DECLARE
THE NEEDS I CAN'T DENY
YOU'D UNDERSTAND THEM ALL
IF ONLY YOU WOULD TRY

ALL MY SECRETS, YOU WOULD LEARN THEM
ALL MY LONGINGS, YOU'D RETURN THEM
THEN THE SILENCE WOULD BE BROKEN
NOT A WORD WOULD NEED BE SPOKEN

[PRINCE ERIC]
WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER
THAT'S SO WONDERFULLY, IMPOSSIBLY FAMILIAR?

WHY DO I FEEL DIZZY
IN A WAY I'VE ONLY
FELT BUT ONCE BEFORE?

HOW COME WHEN SHE LOOKS AT ME
IT SEEMS LIKE TIME STOPS MOVING

ALMOST LIKE THE WAY
IT DID THAT DAY
UPON THE SHORE?

BUT THAT VOICE!

[ARIEL]
IF ONLY IT WERE TRUE
IF ONLY FOR A WHILE

[ERIC]
AH, THAT VOICE!

[ARIEL]
IF ONLY YOU WOULD NOTICE
HOW I ACHE BEHIND MY SMILE

[ERIC]
WHERE'S THAT VOICE?

[ARIEL]
I GUESS YOU NEVER WILL
I GUESS IT DOESN'T SHOW
BUT IF I NEVER FIND A WAY
TO TELL YOU SO

OH, WHAT I WOULD GIVE
IF ONLY YOU COULD KNOW

[SEBASTIAN] (spoken)
Bless ya, child. Tomorrow, the Prince will have his pick of any princess in the land! How can a little mermaid compete with that?

[SEBASTIAN] (sung)
IF ONLY I KNEW HOW
I'D MAKE HIM SEE THE LIGHT
IF ONLY IT WERE UP TO ME
THIS ALL WOULD TURN OUT RIGHT

AND IF I ONLY COULD
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO
I'D SIMPLY WAVE MY CLAW
AND MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE

AND WOULDN'T THAT SURPRISE YOU
IF YOU ONLY KNEW

[KING TRITON]
HOW COULD SHE JUST SUDDENLY
COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR INTO THIN WATER?
IT'S BEEN TWO WHOLE DAYS
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE HAS GONE!

[ERIC]
AH, THAT VOICE!

[TRITON]
IF ONLY YOU'D COME HOME...

[SEBASTIAN]
IF ONLY I COULD HELP...

[ERIC]
WHERE'S THAT VOICE?

[ARIEL]
IF ONLY THERE WERE TIME
I KNOW WE'D KISS AT LAST

[ERIC]
THAT VOICE!

[TRITON]
IF ONLY YOU'D COME BACK
I'LL CHANGE MY WAYS!

[SEBASTIAN]
JUST ONE MORE DAY FOR THAT KISS TO COME...

[ARIEL]
BUT TIME KEEPS RACING FORWARD
AND OUR MOMENT'S ALMOST PASSED!

[TRITON]
I'LL TRY TO UNDERSTAND...

[ARIEL]
IT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW...

[TRITON]
I'LL KEEP MY TEMPER LOW...

[SEBASTIAN]
I'D GIVE MY LIFE UP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN...

[TRITON]
I SHOULD HAVE STARTED LISTENING TO YOU LONG AGO...

[ERIC]
HOW I WISH THAT GIRL COULD HAVE BEEN THIS ONE!

[ARIEL]
THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE DAY UNTIL I HAVE TO GO!

[ERIC]
IF ONLY...

[ARIEL, SEBASTIAN, & TRITON]
OH, WHAT I WOULD GIVE
IF ONLY YOU COULD KNOW...

[ERIC]
AND AT THE BALL
WHAT WILL OCCUR?
MAYBE I'LL FIND THAT VOICE
BUT I'LL LOSE HER...

[ARIEL]
IF ONLY...

[SEBASTIAN]
IF ONLY...

[TRITON]
IF ONLY...

About “If Only (Quartet)” by Disney’s The Little Mermaid on Broadway

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"If Only (Quartet)" appears on "The Little Mermaid Broadway OST" in 2008.

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