Elya yelnats had to sing it to madame zeroni 's pigs because of a deal he made with her In the film, when stanley and zero run from camp green lake, they find a stream, and stanley sings ''if only, if only with a soft voice. If only, if only the woodpecker sighs The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies As the wolf waits below hungry and lonely, he cries to the moon In holes by louis sachar, the song if only if only reflects themes of longing and regret
It expresses the yearning for better circumstances and the desire for change, encapsulating the. The old mans been stealin she's holdin the greevin for hundred a years we all keep believin that history repeats itself… I fears that the future is worse we have to give in to a hundred year curse sweatin the sun like we're diggin a grave dig deep enogh and our fortune is saved (chorus) if only if only the wood pecker sighs the bark on the.
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