If She Knew

If she knew how much I love her

Well, it wouldn't change a thing

She would rail against her demons still

But a fella's gotta dream

And a woman's gotta beat against her devil 'til he's still

If she knew how much I love her

But I know she never will

If a word was worth a nickel

In this world of not enough

And I filled my beat-up steamer trunk

With silver and with such

And I told 'em out like soundin' chains that scrape against the sea

If she knew how much I love her

Would she let this chaos be?

For a man will love a woman

'Til the strength drains from his limbs

And when livin' drives him to the ground

He'll rise back up again

And redeem himself against her

'Til they lay him in the earth

Cryin', "Baby, babe, ah, baby

What can I do? What can I do?"

If you knew how much I love you

Ah, but what's the use of that?

It's a job to send the fool upon

It's an impossible task

It's a weight I cannot carry, for I'm carryin' too much

But when you hold me in your sleep

And kneel beside me when the sorrow's deep

And meet me in the fields of green

On mountainsides so slick and steep

In the death of bloom where roses keep

The endless joy that runs ever deep

In the one to come we so long to meet

Well, if you knew how much I love you

If you knew how much I love you