If You Were My Love (2014)

If You Were My Love

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If you were my love however momentarily…

“If You Were My Love” is a track from 24 Karat Gold — Songs from the Vault (2014), Stevie Nicks’ 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)

About the Song

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 from the track list after revisiting the album with producer Thom Panunzio.

Stevie wrote the song 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.” (Chicago Tribune-New York News, September 1981)

Preview

Bella Donna Demo

Mirage Demo

Street Angel Outtake

24 Karat Gold – Deluxe Edition

  1. Starshine
  2. If You Were My Love
  3. Mabel Normand
  4. Twisted (Bonus Track)
  5. 24 Karat Gold
  6. Belle Fleur
  7. All The Beautiful Worlds
  8. Lady
  9. I Don’t Care
  10. Watch Chain (Bonus Track)
  11. Hard Advice
  12. Carousel
  13. Blue Water
  14. Cathouse Blues
  15. The Dealer
  16. She Loves Him Still

LIVE IN CONCERT (2023-2024)

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November 29, 2023
San Diego, CA
Viejas Arena

December 2, 2023
Inglewood, CA
The Kia Forum

December 5, 2023
Palm Desert, CA
Acisure Arena

December  8, 2023 – BILLY JOEL
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Chase Field

December 12, 2023
Sacramento, CA
Golden 1 Center

December 15, 2023
San Francisco, CA
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March 15, 2023
Seattle, WA
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March 18, 2023
Las Vegas, NV
T-Mobile Arena

May 12, 2023
Raleigh, NC
PNC Arena

May 16, 2023
Knoxville, TN
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May 22, 2023
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May 25, 2023
Orlando, FL
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June 20, 2023
Toronto, ON (Canada)
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June 23, 2023
Chicago, IL
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August 8, 2023
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August 12, 2023
Houston, TX
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August 15, 2023
Austin, TX
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September 23, 2023 – BILLY JOEL
Foxborough, MA
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September 27, 2023
Pittsburgh, PA
PPG Paints Arena

October 1, 2023
New York, NY
Madison Square Garden

October 4, 2023
Buffalo, NY
KeyBank Center

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Baltimore, MD 
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October 28, 2023
Memphis, TN
FedEx Forum

November 1, 2023
Savannah, GA
Enmarket Arena

November 4, 2023
Allentown, PA
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Detroit, MI
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2022 Tour

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Jazz Aspen Snowmass
Snowmass, CO
Labor Day 2022

Ravinia Festival
Highland Park, IL
September 8, 2022
September 10, 2022

Pine Knob Music Theatre
Clarkston, MI
September 13, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

Sea Hear Now Festival
Asbury, NJ
September 17, 2022

Xfinity Center
Mansfield, MA
September 19, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

Maine Savings Amphitheatre
Bangor, ME
September 22, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

Sound on Sound Festival
Bridgeport, CT
September 24-25, 2022

Ohana Festival
Dana Point, CA
September 30, 2022

Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA
October 3, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

POSTPONED
Ak-Chin Pavilion

Phoenix, AZ
October 6, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

POSTPONED
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

The Woodlands, TX
October 9, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Alpharetta, GA
October 12, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

Ascend Amphitheater
Nashville, TN
October 16, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

Credit One Stadium
Charleston, SC
October 19, 2022
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PNC Music Pavilion
Charlotte, NC
October 22, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tampa, FL
October 25, 2022
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iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, FL
October 28, 2022
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Orion Amphitheatre
Huntsville, AL
October 31, 2022

RESCHEDULED SHOWS

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
The Woodlands, TX
November 2, 2022
w/ Vanessa Carlton

Ak-Chin Pavilion
Phoenix, AZ
November 5, 2022
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