If I Loved You

If I loved you Time and again I would try to say All I'd want you to know If I loved you Words wouldn't come in an easy way Round in circles I'd go Longing to tell you But afraid and shy I'd let my golden chances Pass me by Soon you'd leave me Off you would go in the mist of day Never, never to know How I loved you If I loved you You can't hear a sound, not the turn of a leaf Nor the fall of a wave hitting the sand The tide's creeping up on the beach like a thief Afraid to be caught stealing the land On a night like this I start to wonder What life is all about And I always say two heads are better to figure it out I don't need you or anyone to help me. Got it all figure out for myself. What are we? Just a couple of specks of nothing. Look up there. Why, you can't even count the stars in the sky And the sky's so big the sea looks small And two little people, you and I We don't count at all I could just see myself. Kinda scrawny and pale. Picking at my food And lovesick like any other guy I'd throw away my sweater and dress up like a dude In a dickey and a collar and a tie If I loved you But somehow I can see Just exactly how I'd be If I loved you Time and again I would try to say All I'd want you to know If I loved you Words wouldn't come in an easy way Round in circles I'd go Longing to tell you But afraid and shy I'd let my golden chances Pass me by Soon you'd leave me Off you would go in the mist of day Never, never to know How I loved you If I loved you