If I Can't Have You

You tell me that you're leavin'

You say that time will slow the bleedin'

Of this heart that I've placed into your hands

I held it out to you

Now you give it back, what am I supposed to do?

Oh, I had a feeling this day would come

And leave me reelin'

I just want to run back in your arms again

But they're no longer there to hold me safe inside

To hold me anywhere

Ooh, if I can't have you

Then I have to find a way to get through

Though I don't want to

I have to do my best to recall

That I'm thankful that I held you at all

I miss you every morning and in the evening rain

Tonight it's pouring and I'm alone again

I count the seconds (The seconds) between the thoughts of you

I'm getting better, baby, I'm almost up to two

Oh, you had your reasons, and I know

Some folks are seasons, they got to come and go

But I'm still tender (Still tender), I miss the summertime

When I could feel you love and I could still feel mine

Ooh, if I can't have you

Then I have to find a way to get through

Though I don't want to

I have to do my best to recall

That I'm thankful that I held you

You gave me everything

That I will need to walk this long road

(Show me the way to get by)

Gave me a sense of pride

That I will carry with me all the way back home

Ooh, if I can't have you

Then I have to find a way to get through

Though I don't want to

I have to do my best to recall

That I'm thankful that I held you at all

I'm thankful that I held you

(I'm thankful that I held you)

I'm thankful that I held you

I'm thankful that I held you, held you, held you

(I'm thankful that I held you)

(I'm thankful that I held you)

(I'm thankful that I held you)

(I'm thankful that I held you)