If Only

If Only
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1994 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

If only, if only fair were everywhere
We’d breathe it in like air
And everyone would share.
If only, if only fair were everywhere.

If only, if only we’d learn to share our bread
The whole world could be fed,
There’s plenty here to spare,
If only, if only fair were everywhere.

Plenty of food, not enough share.
Plenty of hurt, not enough care.
Plenty of you, plenty of me,
Not enough we. No, not enough we.

If only, if only life was like a game
And the rules were just the same
For maid or millionaire,
If only, if only fair were everywhere.

The world is so big, we’re pretty small.
Hard to imagine changing it all.
But let us begin; let us agree:
I’ll do unto you. You’ll do unto me.

And someday, some someday
Fair will be everywhere.
We’ll breathe it in like air
And everyone will share
Oh, someday, some someday
When fair is everywhere, fair is everywhere.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Zag Zig CD.

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