I Told You So

Album: Carnival Ride (2007)
Charted: 9
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  • Suppose I called you up tonight and told you that I loved you
    And suppose I said "I wanna come back home"
    And suppose I cried and said "I think I finally learned my lesson"
    And I'm tired a-spendin' all my time alone

    If I told you that I realized you're all I ever wanted
    And it's killin' me to be so far away
    Would you tell me that you loved me too and would we cry together?
    Or would you simply laugh at me and say

    "I told you so, oh I told you so
    I told you some day you'd come crawling back and asking me to take you in
    I told you so, but you had to go
    Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again"

    If I got down on my knees and told you I was yours forever
    Would you get down on yours too and take my hand?

    Would we get that old time feelin', would we laugh and talk for hours
    The way we did when our love first began?

    Would you tell me that you'd missed me too and that you've been so lonely
    And you waited for the day that I return
    And we'd live in love forever and that I'm your one and only
    Or would you say the tables finally turned?

    Would you say

    "I told you so, oh I told you so
    I told you some day you come crawling back and asking me to take you in
    I told you so, but you had to go
    Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again"

    "Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again" Writer/s: Randy Travis
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 2009 {May 10th} Randy Travis' "I Told You So"* {a duet with Carrie Underwood} peaked at #2 {for 2 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, for the first week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "She's Country" by Jason Aldean, and for it's second week at #2, "It Happens" by Sugarland was in the top spot ...
    And one month earlier on April 18th 2009 "I Told You So" reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Billboard's Canadian Country Singles chart...
    Between 1978 and 2009 the Marshville, North Carolina native had fifty one records on the Hot Country Singles chart, twenty seven made the Top 10 with fifteen reaching #1...
    From June of 1987 to May of 1989 he had seven consecutive #1 records...
    Randy Travis, born Randy Bruce Traywick, celebrated his 61st birthday six days ago on May 4th, 2020...
    * "I Told You So" was Randy Travis' seventh of seven of his records to peak at #2 on the Hot Country Singles chart, twenty one years earlier Randy released a solo version of "I Told You So", and on June 5th, 1988 it peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on the Hot Country Singles chart ...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of Billboard's Hot Country Singles' Top 10 on May 10th, 2009:
    At #3. "It Happens" by Sugarland
    #4. "It's America" by Randy Atkins
    #5. "Here Comes Goodbye" by Rascal Flatts
    #6. "Then" by Brad Paisley
    #7. "Kiss A Girl" by Keith Urban
    #8. "One In Every Crowd" by Montgomery Gentry
    #9. "Out Last Night" by Kenny Chesney
    #10. "Sideways" by Dierks Bentle
  • Star from Bestrolls.webs.com, Gahaha, told you so!!!
    jk
  • Camille from Toronto, OhCarrie Underwood's version is excellent, as is the version by Randy Travis. They both have such incredible voices. In the video, Carrie sings the song at the Grand Ole Opry, and is genuinely surprised when Randy Travis comes out on stage as she completes the song. She shows such sincerity speaking with him, it truly shows why she's such a star.
  • Slater from Yuma, AzIts a great song for the simple fact that everyone can relate to it. There are probably a hundred Courtneys out there. Hang in there Courtney whats ment to be is ment to be.
  • Lizard from Texas, --i really like this song
    i like the Randy Travis version too
  • Courtney from Salt Lake City, UtI can totally relate to this. I screwed up things with my soul mate four years ago. He has been bitter towards me ever sense. I have tried to get him to come back to me for years now. I just found out he is getting married in a month. I made the biggest mistake of my life and I am sure he is thinking, "I told you so."
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