A Theory - Tracy Chapman

It’s just a theory

There’s a possibility

I am wrong

It’s just a theory

But I would stake my life

Lay my money down

That you were meant for me

And for you I’m the one

It’s just a theory

A particular set

Of assumptions

It’s just a theory

An educated guess

A conclusion not forgone

That you were meant for me

And for you I’m the one

Oh

Nothing’s new under the sun

I will postulate

Ask for your consideration

Ask you out on a date

Although it can’t be sure

Why not act on a hunch

Oh why not search for proof

Why not go out for lunch

And in theory,

I could propose

And in theory

You could affirm

Oh

That you were

Meant for me

And for you

I’m the one

Oh

That you were meant for me

And for you I’m the one

It’s just a theory

A series of tests

Should be run

It’s just a theory

lthough not fully assessed

An idea whose time has come

That you were meant for me

And for you I’m the one

That you were meant for me

And for you I’m the one