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If today was not an endless highway

If tonight was not a crooked trail

If tomorrow wasn't such a long time

Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all

Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting

Yes, and if I could hear her heart a softly pounding

Only if she was lying by me

Then I'd lie in my bed once again.

I can't see my reflection in the water

I can't speak the sounds that show no pain

I can't hear the echo of my footsteps

Or can't remember the sound of my own name

Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting

Yes, and if I could hear her heart a softly pounding

Only if she was lying by me

Then I'd lie in my bed once again.

There's beauty in the silver, singing river

There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky

But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty

That I remember in my true love's eyes.

Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting

Yes, and if I could hear her heart a softly pounding

Only if she was lying by me

Then I'd lie in my bed once again.

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