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If I Can’t Have YouShawn Mendes

Released: May 3, 2019

Songwriter: Teddy Geiger Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Nate Mercereau

Producer: Teddy Geiger Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Ojivolta Nate Mercereau

[Chorus]
I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinkin' about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

[Verse 1]
I'm in Toronto and I got this view
But I might as well be in a hotel room, yeah
It doesn't matter 'cause I'm so consumed
Spending all my nights reading texts from you

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I'm good at keeping my distance
I know that you're the feeling I'm missing
You know that I hate to admit it
But everything means nothing if I can't have you

[Chorus]
I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinkin' about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you?
I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinkin' about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

[Verse 2]
I'm so sorry that my timing's off
But I can't move on if we're still gonna talk
Is it wrong for me to not want half?
I want all of you, all the strings attached

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I'm good at keeping my distance
I know that you're the feeling I'm missing
You know that I hate to admit it
But everything means nothing if I can't have you

[Chorus]
I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinkin' about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you?
I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinking about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

[Bridge]
I'm trying to move on, forget you, but I hold on
Everything means nothing, everything means nothing, babe
I'm trying to move on, forget you, but I hold on
Everything means nothing if I can't have you, no

[Chorus]
I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinkin' about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you? (Can't have you)
I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinking about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He spent his early days learning to play guitar by watching YouTube tutorial videos, when Shawn was younger he was judged for being so invested in watching youtube influencers. He started doing covers on youtube but then, gained millions of followers in a few months for singing on Vine in 2013, becoming the third most-followed artist on the platform in 2014. He was in magcon in 2014 with Jack Gillinsky, Nash Grier, Cameron Dallas, Matt Espinosa, and Jack Johnson.

He officially signed with Island Records in May 2014 and released his first single “Life of the Party” on June 26, 2014. His debut album Handwritten, which included hit single “Stitches”, reached the top 10 in the U.S. and Canada, and number one in the UK. He went to re-release that album under Handwritten Revisted with four new tracks, including collaboration with Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello, “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

His second studio album Illuminate delivered three hit “Treat You Better”, “Mercy”, and “There’s Nothing Holdin' Me Back”. The latter single peaked in the Billboard Top 10 and also reached number one on the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. In August 2017, he became the first artist under 20 to have three number-one songs on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart.

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