If I knew your love was forever, I'd never be let down Mirrors would be so obsolete in an inner soul searching world The poets would turn to painters The caterpillars would all fly away The rain would stop running south like the tears that coinside A general smile would last for days In a boys life filled with only you The color purple would lose its hue For a lighter look like baby blue The full time dreams would be jobless And sleeping wouldn't mean a thing The days would be apparent With your multiples on through the night If I knew
That all the flowers cut for lonely lovers Could one day grow again And all the flowers cut for lonely lovers Could one day grow again And all the flowers cut for lonely lovers Jealousy would mean that I miss you And trust wouldn't be no word A mother's love would be second; A father's love would be third The poets would turn to painters The caterpillars would all fly away The rain would stop running south like the tears that coinside The singers that sing only sad love songs Could finally see the other side of the coin If I knew