Name: If I Could Be The One
Channel: Jeff Kahl
Description: "If I Could Be The One" is a song by Jeff Kahl. A song about wanting to tell someone how you feel but never getting the courage to do so.

If I Could Be The One

Jeff Kahl

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A song about wanting to tell someone how you feel but never getting the courage to do so.

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Jeff Kahl

Singer songwriter from Southern Ontario

Jeff wears many hats musically. He can be found playing with various bands around Ontario guitar, bass, drums and singing. He is influenced by a wide variety of genres such as country, folk, blues, jazz, classic rock, Brit pop. Often his recordings are harmony and hook laden with hummable melodies.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Folk Rock

Charts

Peak #305

Peak in subgenre #25

Author

Jeff Kahl

Rights

1998

Uploaded

November 27, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.4 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

I guess it's one of those songs that had been kinda kicking around for a while and never really came together until I read something about George Harrison saying "we always thought E and G#m [which happen to be the first two chords in the song] sounded good together" and after a bit of experimentation and tweaking of arrangements and finalizing an ending chord sequence the song "If I Could Be The One" evolved into the folk rock classic-in-the-making it is today.  I'm especially proud of the Beatley major 7th ending :-)
 

Musicians: 

Darcy Windover: guitar solo
Chris Gapski: counterpoint guitar
Brent Hooton: bass, harmony vocals
Jeff Kahl: lead vocals, drums
Myke Mazzei: electric and acoustic rhythm guitars, harmony vocals

Lyrics

Verse One: 

Stepped off the evening train 
Into the warmth of your embrace
Knew why you'd come again 
By the look upon your face
You said you had known my name
Through a mutual friend of ours
I thought my fortune and fame had been written in the stars

Chorus:  

If I could be the one 
To tell you how I feel
Life could be brand new 
Yeah life could be so real

Verse Two: 

Watching the words slip by
Pondering how to break the news
Dreaming of that day
That I could spend my time with you
Who knew that evening train 
Would station me in your mind
If I could only tell you what was on my mind

Repeat Chorus

Solo

Coda: 

Stepped off the evening train into the warmth of your embrace, of your embrace

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