Backstreet Boys

Released: May 18, 1999

Songwriter: Brian Bennett Billy Chapin A.J. McLean

Producer: Billy Chapin Brian Bennett A.J. McLean

[Intro: AJ]
Oh yeah, hey

[Verse 1: AJ]
It's 7 AM, thinking about you
Wondering if the thoughts I'm feeling
You're feeling too
Like a newborn child, soft to the touch
Baby is it possible
To love someone so much?

[Pre-Chorus: Nick]
I wish I may, I wish I might
Be that certain someone you wish for every night

[Chorus: AJ, Brian & All]
If you knew what I knew
You wouldn't say what you said (say what you said)
If you knew what I knew
We'd be together instead
Of you breaking my heart (breaking my heart)
Over things that aren't true
My lady yes (my lady, yes my lady)
If you knew what I knew

[Interlude: AJ with All]
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

[Verse 2: Brian & All]
Time passes by, the only tears I cry
Are filled with disillusion of fears I have inside
Like a lost soul
I feel like I'm all alone (all alone)
If only I could feel your pain
Within your heart of stone, oh-oh!

[Pre-Chorus: Howie]
I wish I may, I wish I might
Be that certain someone you wish for every night

[Chorus: AJ, Brian & All]
If you knew what I knew
You wouldn't say what you said (say what you said)
If you knew what I knew
We'd be together instead
Of you breaking my heart (breaking my heart)
Over things that aren't true
My lady yes
If you knew what I knew

[Bridge: AJ]
Then you wouldn't have to go away
If you knew what I knew
Then you would be here
To stay right by side always

[Chorus: AJ & All]
If you knew what I knew
You wouldn't say what you said (say what you said)
If you knew what I knew
We'd be together instead
Of you breaking my heart (breaking my heart)
Over things that aren't true
My lady yes (my lady, yes my lady)

[Break: Brian]
If you knew what I knew my baby
You would never have said what you said
If you knew what I knew my baby
We would be together instead
If you knew what I knew my baby
You would never have said what you said
If you knew what I knew my baby
We would be together instead

[Outro: Brian, AJ & All]
Girl if you knew (say what you said)
If you only knew
Girl if you knew (loving you, oh-oh)
Girl if you knew (say what you said)
Girl if you knew (say what you said)

The Backstreet Boys are the most successful boy band in history, having sold over 130 million records worldwide, and with their first nine albums reaching the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Florida natives A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carter, along with Kentucky transplant Kevin Richardson, were joined in a band once they attended Lou Pearlman’s auditions for a vocal group in 1992, with the group being completed by Kevin’s cousin Brian Litrell. Once took under the wing of Swedish producer Max Martin in 1995, the stage was set for global domination, attracting the lust of women and the anger of men. While the fad died down and Kevin even left for a while, the band never officially took a break or such.

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