If That's What You Need Lyrics

The song If That's What You Need is performed by Genesis in the album named 1983-1998 Box Set 5CD/5DVD in the year 2007 .



'Talking makes us human', that's what I was told
So why do I find it so difficult to let my feelings unfold?
Had I the courage to tell you I'd promise you this

If that's what you need
I'll be the river, I'll be the mountain always beside you
If that's what you need
I will be stronger, I will be braver than ever before

An' when you came along and turned it all around
I promised myself I wouldn't tell you
Until we stood on solid ground
Holdin' the candle between us, I'll tell you this

If that's what you need
I'll be the river, I'll be the mountain always beside you
If that's what you need
I will be stronger, I will be braver than ever before

And if there's any kind of danger
I hear you callin' out my name
You can follow in my footsteps
And I will lead you safely back again

I never understood you however hard I tried
But it took me a while until I realized
That all the problems were mine
Holdin' you nearer to me to tell you this

If that's what you need
I'll be the river, I'll be the mountain always beside you
If that's what you need
I will be stronger, I will be braver than ever before

And when things go wrong
I'll be your conscience, there to remind you all of your life
When you go wrong
I'll be the reason you'll be protected all of your days



Genesis - 1983-1998 Box Set 5CD/5DVD

Nov 2007

  1. Mama
  2. That's All
  3. Home by the Sea
  4. Second Home by the Sea
  5. Illegal Alien
  6. Taking It All Too Hard
  7. Just a Job to Do
  8. Silver Rainbow
  9. It's Gonna Get Better
  10. Invisible Touch
  11. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
  12. Land of Confusion
  13. In Too Deep
  14. Anything She Does
  15. Domino: In the Glow of the Night/The Last Domino
  16. Throwing It All Away
  17. The Brazilian
  18. No Son of Mine
  19. Jesus He Knows Me
  20. Driving the Last Spike
  21. I Can't Dance
  22. Never a Time
  23. Dreaming While You Sleep
  24. Tell Me Why
  25. Living Forever
  26. Hold on My Heart
  27. Way of the World
  28. Since I Lost You
  29. Fading Lights
  30. Calling All Stations
  31. Congo
  32. Shipwrecked
  33. Alien Afternoon
  34. Not About Us
  35. If That's What You Need
  36. The Dividing Line
  37. Uncertain Weather
  38. Small Talk
  39. There Must Be Some Other Way
  40. One Man's Fool
  41. On the Shoreline [*]
  42. Hearts on Fire [*]
  43. Do the Neurotic [*]
  44. Feeding the Fire [*]
  45. I'd Rather Be You [*]
  46. Anything Now [*]
  47. Sign Your Life Away [*]
  48. Run out of Time [*]

If That's What You Need