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If Only You Knew

Patti LaBelle

R&B/Soul

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Patti LaBelle - If Only You Knew (Audio)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Patti LaBelle

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dexter Wansel

Songwriter

Kenneth Gamble

Songwriter

Cynthia Biggs

Songwriter

Dwight Myers

Songwriter

Jean Claude Olivier

Jean Claude Olivier

Songwriter

Jack Faith

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Patti LaBelle

Recording Engineer

Dexter Wansel

Producer

Kenneth Gamble

Producer

Cynthia Biggs

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I must have rehearsed my lines a thousand times

Until I had them memorized

But when I get up the nerve to tell you the words

Just never seem to come out right

[Verse 2]

If only you knew

How much I do

Do love you

If only you knew

How much I do

Do need you

[Verse 3]

I dream of moments we share, but you're not there

I'm living in a fantasy

'Cause you don't even suspect

Could probably care less

About the changes I've been going through

[Verse 4]

If only you knew

How much I do

Do love you, oh

If only you knew

How much I do

Do need you

[Verse 5]

No, you don't even suspect

Could probably care less

About the changes I've been going through

[Verse 6]

If only you knew

How much I do

Do love you, oh

And if only you knew

How much I do

Do need you, oh

[Verse 7]

If only you knew

How much I do

Do love you, oh

If only you knew

How much I do

I do need you

[Verse 8]

Whoa, if

If, if I love you, yeah

You don't know

I say you don't know how much I need you, sugar

[Verse 9]

If only you knew (Oh)

How much I do (I said, you don't know)

Do love you (That I love you and I'm so fond of you)

If only you knew (I love you, baby)

Written by: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel, Kenneth Gamble

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