If you were a carpenter Your hand to the grain If you stayed a stranger And I'd never learned your name If you were a creature of make believe If you were the shades of colors my eyes cannot see I never would have known What you would have meant to me [interlude] If you had an ironclad Reason to stay home If you played a second late Your hands missed the note If you were a followеr of simple faith If you’d been following another in some othеr way I never would have known What you would have meant to me [interlude] I never would have known Just what you meant to me I never would have known Just what you meant to me