John Raitt - If I Loved You lyrics

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! Longin' to tell you But afraid and shy I'd let my golden chances pa** 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 Well, anyway, you mean you don't love me That's what you said, isn't it? Yes! I can smell 'em, can you, ah? The blossoms. The wind brings 'em down! Billy there ain't much wind tonight Hardly any You can't hear a sound, not the turn of a leaf Nor the fall of a wave hittin' the sand The tide's creepin' up on the beach like a thief Afraid to be caught stealin' the land! On a night like this I start to wonder What life is all about And I always say two heads are better than one to Figure it out I don't need you, I don't need anybody helpin' me Well, I got it figured out for myself We're not important. What are we? A couple o' specks with nothin' Look up there There's a hell of a lotta 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 You're a funny kid, you know? I don't remember meetin' a girl like you Hey, you're tryin' to get me to marry you? No! Then what's puttin' into my head, babe? You're diff'rent, alright! I know what it is... You have doped me with that little kid's face, right? You've adjusted me! I wonder what it'd be like What? Nothin' No, I know what it'd be like It'd be awful! I can just see myself- Kinda scrawny, and pale Picking at my food And love-sick like any other guy I'd throw away my sweater, and dress up like a dude In a dicky and a collar and a tie If I loved you But you don't! No, I don't! 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! Longin' to tell you But afraid and shy I'd let my golden chances pa** 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 Aha I'm not the kinda fella to marry anybody! No, even if a girl was foolish enough to want me to I wouldn't! Julie Don't worry about it, Billy! Billy Who's worried? Julie You were right about there bein' no wind The blossoms are comin' down by theirselves Just they're in time to, I reckon