If (My World)

If my mama were born in a country far from here If my daddy had ever sung in a band not really near If I'd come up in this world with a gift or beauty Would my world be better in here? Would my world be better in here? If my sister were a fool, my brother weren't himself If my friend hadn't taught me how it was to feel free If I'd changed my way, my school or my living Would my world be better in here? Would my world be better in here? Let me think for a minute what my life could have Been Should be easier that it may seem To share a moment with them, to be carefree once Again There's no way out of the present If life hadn't taken so many people that I loved If I still could hear the advice she could give me If I hadn't made that trip far from home in Italy Would my world be better in here? Would my world be better in here? Would my world be better in here? Would my world be better in here?