If You Love Me Let Me Know

(locorriere/sawyer/haffkine)

You ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

I woke up monday morning
With the feeling he was gone
And i turned to face an empty place and i realized
That i didn't smell no coffee and all his pretty clothes were gone
I cried the first of the many tears you'll see me crying from now on

And you ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

I know his list of lovers was just as long as mine
But the sometime friend of a natural woman is to settle down
But the one time ways of that man
Have done busted up my mind
Now he's out the door, he's got one more
On his list than i got on mine

And you ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

Well, it's gonna be a long time before i pass this way again
I been dragged through school and i've learned the rules
And it seems to me
That a man'll love to fool ya
And he won't always fool you nice
Yes he had his turn, i guess i've learned
And no he ain't gonna fool me twice

And you still ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

(b. wilson/t. asher)

I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
There'd be no need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what i feel about you

If you should ever leave me
My life would still go on, believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me?
God only knows what i feel about you

(peter allen/jeff barry)

Maybe i hang around here
A little more than i should
We both know i got somewhere else to go
But i got something to tell you
That i never thought i would
But i believe you really ought to know

I love you
I honestly love you

You don't have to answer
I see it in your eyes
Maybe it was better left unsaid
This is pure and simple
And you should realize
That it's coming from my heart and not my head

I love you
I honestly love you

I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm not trying to make you anything at all
But this feeling doesn't come along everyday
And you shouldn't blow the chance
When you've got the chance to say

I love you
I honestly love you

If we both were born
In anoother place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here i am with mine
So i guess we'll just be leaving it at this

I love you
I honestly love you
I honestly love you

(hawkshaw/gosling)

I was born in the country, i was raised with the sun
The flowers were my pillow when the day's work was done
Down in the valley shone the bright neon signs
The call of the city life kept going through my mind
Oh yeah, the days of my childhood would soon be left behind

It was a saturday morning when the snow lay on the ground
Pa said the time had come when i could move to town
So i kissed goodbye to mama, held on tight to papa's hand
I saw a tear in mama's eye but i did not understand
'cause i was just a country girl being brought up on the land

Goodbye mama, let me see your smile
Wipe away that teardrop from your eye
I won't forget that i'm a country girl
I got to go, but i hate to say goodbye
So long, papa, i'll be seeing you
But i'll be coming home again someday
No, i won't forget that i'm a country girl
A country girl, you know i'll always stay

I was born in the country, i was raised with the sun
The flowers were my pillow when the day's work was done
Down in the valley shone the bright neon signs
Yet i know where i belong, i got my peace of mind
Oh yeah, i was born a country girl and that just suits me fine

Goodbye mama, let me see your smile
Wipe away that teardrop from your eye
I won't forget that i'm a country girl
I got to go, but i hate to say goodbye
So long, papa, i'll be seeing you
But i'll be coming home again someday
No, i won't forget that i'm a country girl
I'll come back to you, believe me
I won't forget that i'm a country girl
A country girl, you know i'll always stay

(morrison)

The river's too wide now for crossing
The waters rush too loud for talking
We never build bridges for walking
'cause the river's too wide

A gentle stream once flowed between us
But love could cross it easily
Till stormy skies brought bitter teardrops
And made that stream a raging river
Come between you and me

The river's too wide now for crossing
The waters rush too loud for talking
We never build bridges for walking
There's no getting to the other side

The river's too wide now for crossing
The current goes too deep for mending
It looks like an unhappy ending
'cause the river's too wide

Good lessons learned are not forgotten
We gave up love to save our pride
Next time i'm faced with rising waters
I'll build a bridge of love and kindness
Reaching to the other side

The river's too wide now for crossing
The waters rush too loud for talking
We never build bridges for walking
There's no getting to the other side

The river's too wide now for crossing
The current goes too deep for mending
It looks like an unhappy ending
'cause the river's too wide