Writer Dolly Parton





The word "If", just two tiny letters

Says so much for something so small

The biggest little word in existence;

Never answers, just questions us all

If regrets were gold, I'd be rich as a queen

If teardrops were diamonds, how my face would gleam

If I'd loved you better, I wouldn't be lonely

If only, if only, if only

But looking back now I see clearly

With my twenty-twenty hindsight

Oh, but don't think I haven't paid dearly,

'Cause you could be in my arms tonight

If regrets were gold, I'd be rich as a queen

If teardrops were diamonds, how my face would gleam

How I let you go, I swear is beyond me

But if only; ah, if only; oh, if only

I could start over, if I could go back

Have the power to change things

Then I would do that

But I listened to others like a fool,

Oh, shame on me

But if only you would just come back

If only, dare I even ask

Oh, if only