“If You Were My Love” is a track from 24 Karat Gold — Songs from the Vault (2014), Stevie Nicks’ eighth solo album.
If you were my love however momentarily…
About the Song
Stevie wrote “If You Were My Love” about the experience of working with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for the first time in 1980. “It’s like a love song, but it’s not. It’s about going outside your own life and getting attached to something that isn’t yours. It’s been kind of like falling in love with another band — for a minute. It has nothing to do with — and truly, clarify this — there is absolutely nothing going on between me and anybody in that band. They’re all married. They’re all expecting babies. That’s what makes it very easy for me to be with them and be their friend, and almost be one of the guys” (Beck, 1981).
Stevie has rehearsed “If You Were My Love” many times over the years; first for her first solo album Bella Donna (1981), Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage (1982), and her fifth solo album Street Angel (1994).
In 1993, Stevie recorded and completed the track for Street Angel, but removed it after revisiting the album with producer Thom Panunzio.
In 2014, Stevie finally released the track for 24 Karat Gold — Songs from the Vault, her eighth solo album.
Lyrics
Tonight there are no saviors
This night outside my window
It wasn’t anyone’s fault
When the moon rolls over the mountain
You are lost in your dreaming
Where is the wild white rose
I try to explain it
To someone who was crying
If you were my love
My hands reached for somethin’
Someone that could tell me
Wasn’t anyone’s fault
Not anyone’s fault
With our crosses to bear
And our dreams that still live on
With our crosses to bear now
And our dreams that still live on
If you were my love
However momentarily
Ooh, if I were the one
Who watched over your sleeping
You would never
Have been frightened
At all
At all
With our crosses to bear
And our dreams that still live on
With our crosses to bear
And our dreams that still live on
If you were my love
However momentarily
Ah, if I were the one
Who watched over your sleeping
You would never
Have been frightened
At all…
At all…
At all…
At all…
Faithful…
(Stevie Nicks) © 2014 Welsh Witch Music (BMI). Administered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)
Preview
[jwplayer mediaid=”16341″]Bella Donna Demo
[jwplayer mediaid=”17593″]Mirage Demo
[jwplayer mediaid=”17596″]Street Angel Outtake
[jwplayer mediaid=”17598″]24 Karat Gold – Deluxe Edition
- Starshine
- If You Were My Love
- Mabel Normand
- Twisted (Bonus Track)
- 24 Karat Gold
- Belle Fleur
- All The Beautiful Worlds
- Lady
- I Don’t Care
- Watch Chain (Bonus Track)
- Hard Advice
- Carousel
- Blue Water
- Cathouse Blues
- The Dealer
- She Loves Him Still
Reference
Beck, M. (1981, September 1981). Marilyn Beck: The magical life of Stevie Nicks. Chicago Tribune-New York News.
