Pal Joey

Lyrics to I Could Write a Book

If they asked me, I could write a book

About the way you walk and whisper and look

I could write a preface on how we met

So the world would never forget

And the simple secret of the plot

Is just to tell them that I love you a lot

And the world discovers, as my book ends

How to make two lovers a friend

Used to hate to go to school

I never cracked a book, I played The Hook

Never answered any mail

To write I used to think was wasting ink

It was never my endeavor to be to clever and smart

Now I suddenly feel our longing to write in my heart

If they asked me, I could write a book

About the way you walk and whisper and look

I could write a preface on how we met

So the world would never forget

And the simple secret of the plot

Is just to tell them that I love you a lot

And the world discovers, as my book ends

How to make two lovers a friend