My latest contribution to the Marioke video game karaoke songlist – first performed by Viv Schwarz on 13/07/2018.
“If I Could Turn Back Time”
– after “If I Could Turn Back Time” (Diane Warren) as recorded by Cher
If I could turn back time
If I could climb that way
Then your platforming nerves would desert you
And you’d play
I don’t know where they’ve got the princess hid
I don’t know why the Vizier wants me dead
I’ve got this knife that can make time rewind
Guards have got weapons, they wound sometimes
I just pressed X instead of circle
Rewind and have another go
I know with one more try, oh baby
If I could turn back time
If I could climb that way
Then your platforming nerves would desert you
And you’d play
If I could swing from bars
Ledge grab and wall jump too
Then you’d load me, load me, on your PS2
(If I could turn back time)
My bones were shattered I was torn apart
But I’ve a magic knife and now I’m
Back at the start
Ubi made three more, got bored and then didn’t care
Now they just put Assassin’s Creed everywhere
Nobody else used this mechanic
At least until Braid came along
Reboot me one more time, and darling
If I could turn back time
If I could climb that way
Then your platforming nerves would desert you
And you’d play
My movie needs a star
Jake Gyllenhall will do
Earned back money, money, don’t read the reviews
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!
We know that you made Karateka
The Last Express was good, I know
We want the Persian guy (but oh)
If I could turn back time
If I could climb that way
Then your platforming nerves would desert you
If I could reach those bars
And not fall to my doom
Then you’d love me, love me, like on Apple ][
If I could turn back time (turn back time)
If I could climb that way (climb that way)
Then maybe maybe maybe you’d play
Tags: Cher, If I Could Turn Back Time, Jordan Mechner, karaoke, marioke, one life left, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Ubisoft
