If I Were You - 2004
The second slow burning track from "Rewired", does a nice job of easing you into the rest of the album. Certainly more traditional in it's composition than "One Left Standing", but from the backing track to the production, everything is stepped in the bands revised direction.
"If I Were You" also had the dubious honour of being the last shot at commercial success for the album, as it was released to radio stations.
Lyrics
If I were you
I wouldn't hurt the ones you love the way you do
I wouldn't make them cry
If I were you
I would learn to see the other point of view
You don't even try
Let's say that you were me
We'd do things differently
Cut out all the fear and lies
Then maybe you could see
The possibility to compromise
If I were you
I would look at all the quarreling we do
Cause that's no help at all
If I were you
I would give a little credit where it's due
That would be my call
Let's say that you were me
We'd do things differently
And cut out all the hurt and pain
Then maybe you could see
The possibility to love again
If I had the choice
You would make yourself heard
Without raising your voice
In my master plan
You could get your own way
Without raising your hand
I don't want to be the one
Getting it wrong time after time
I no longer want to play games
For any reason or rhyme
Nobody's asking you to do something
You don't want to do
If I were you
I wouldn't hurt the ones you love the way you do
I wouldn't make them cry
If I were you
I would learn to see the other point of view
But you don't even try
If I were you
Written by Paul Carrack/BA Robertson, Mike Rutherford;
Published by Copyright Control /Copyright Control/Michael Rutherford Limited/Hit & Run Music
(Publishing) Limited/EMI Music Publishing Limited.