Beth if there had been a girl like you around Some time ago when I first had a dream or two Perhaps I might not had my head down on the ground Watching while the jealous moonlight beamed anew Beth if only you had been the one I found Instead of all those others that I tossed aside Perhaps you might have worn another brighter crown And the song would have gone on until the singer died But life's not as you know it I could have made a show of it, a go of it If I had my chance to try Oh, Beth if there could be a chance for us somehow Nobody knows the magic I could weave in you But in a world I've made a liar up till now Sometimes I found myself almost believing you