Jason Robert Brown - I could be in love with someone like you
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DMy first crush on an Irish girl,
I was ten years old
And her name was Elaine.
Little red-head girl;
Well, she looked like you,
But if you were ten.
Which you're clearly Bm7not.
Not that you lG2ook old,
But you get my... Em11
I'll just stop now.
DOkay, wait, 'cause I had a point -
No, I swear I did!
Well, I think I did,
Which is all my lifBm7e
(Or since I wasBm7/A ten)
Bm7/G
I have had a yen
Bm7/F#For an IrishEm11 lass.
Because God knows whyC2,
G2/A
Like the ancient curse
Of the shiksDa queens.
Do I talk too much'
Which is not to saBm7y
That I'd wantBm7/A Elaine,
Bm7/G
Who turned out to be
(When I last checkeBm7/F#d in)
Bm7/E
A Republican
And a paraDpsychologist.
F Bb/F Cm/F
If you've got a four-leaf clover,
FYou can make my dreams come true.
I will be your Hebrew slave:
Just doDb2 the things that Irish girEb2ls do. F
Talk about potato famines,
I begin to cry on cue!
Eb/F
Sing about the Emerald Isle and
Ab/Bb
Get your Irish eyes to smilin' -
Db/Eb D
I could be in love with someone like you.
DI just left a relationship
With a lovely girl
Named Alyssa Levine.
She was really great,
It was all my fault -
I just got upset
'Cause she slept with my brother.
So I maBm7de a vow
Not to get caughtBm7/A up
Bm7/G
In the dating scene
Or the whole routine Bm7/F#
Bm7/E
With the cousin's friend
Or the who-knows-whBm7/F#at,
Bm7/G
Like I need that shit.
I've got markDs to make,
I've got stepD/Es to climb,
It's the perD/F#fect time!
I've got books to writeD/G,
I've got things to do -D/A
I go out my doD/Bor
And bump into youD/C,
And the jig is up, D
And my vow isD/E through!
I don't knoD/F#w what I'm coin', G6
D2/F# Em11
But come in and ruin me!
F Bb/F Cm/F
I will write my own "Ulysses"
FIf you're there to show me how.
Take me back to Glocca Morra,
Db2Bathe me in the River Shannon Eb2now. F
If you'll be Mrs. O'Leary,
Baby, I will be your cow.
Eb/F
I'll deliver shamrocks daily,
Ab/Bb
Buy your pa a new shillelagh,
Db/Eb
I could be in love with someone like...
Eb6 AbMaj7/Eb
You could be my inspiration
And get me past this block, Eb6
And walk me through the Great Unknown. D#aug
Eb2 AbMaj7/Eb
You could be my true salvation,
Unchain me from this rock, Eb2
And keep me from being alone, Cb2
'Cause I'm no good at being alone!
F Bb/F Cm/F
Take me to another level!
FLet me play in bigger halls!
I will do a Riverdance
Db2As long as you keep answering my calls! Eb2 F
Get me out of my apartment!
Keep me from my empty walls!
Eb/F
Someone hire John McCormack!
Start the Wearing of the Green! Cb7
Ab/Bb
Let me win the Irish Sweepstakes!
Db/Eb
Let me take you home, Kathleen!
I can be in love with someone!
I can be in love with someone!
Db/Eb
I can be in love with
Db6add9Someone
Cm7b9Like C7b9
Fyou!