If I Could Turn Back Time Lyrics

[Pre-Chorus]
Too strong to tell you I was sorry
Too proud to tell you I was wrong
I know that I was blind and darlin'

[Chorus]
If I could turn back time, if I could find a way
I'd take back those words that've hurt you and you'd stay
If I could reach the stars, I'd give 'em all to you
Then you'd love me, love me, like you used to do

[Bridge]
If I could turn back time
(If I could turn back time)
If I could turn back time
(If I could turn back time)
If I could turn back time
Oh, baby


[Pre-Chorus]
I didn't really mean to hurt you
I didn't wanna see you go
I know I made you cry, but

[Chorus]
If I could turn back time, if I could find a way
I'd take back those words that hurt you
If I could reach the stars, I'd give 'em all to you
Then you'd love me, love me, like you used to do
If I could turn back time, if I could find a way
And maybe, maybe, maybe you'd stay
If I could reach the stars

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“If I Could Turn Back Time” was included on Cher’s nineteenth studio album, Heart of Stone. The song was released on June 1, 1989 as the second North American and first European single release from the album. Highly successful around the globe, it was seen as a major comeback for Cher in the late 1980s.

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What did Cher say about "If I Could Turn Back Time"?
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Writer of the song, Diane Warren:

I thought was was a great song for her and she hated it. And so I went to the studio when she was recording another song of mine. And literally when she was in the lounge, I got on my hands and knees and held her leg down until she said she’d try it out. She goes, “I hate that fucking song. I hate it.” I go, ‘Well, I’m not letting your leg go!” I go, ‘Look, I’ll pay for the tracks If it doesn’t work, then it’s all my cost. I know the song’s right for you.’ She said, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll try it.’ And that’s probably my most iconic song! I remember they couldn’t play that video ’til after midnight because it was so risqué. It was like, ‘What? Really?'

–via RollingStone (Feb. 2021)

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