If she only knew

What I knew but couldn't say

If she could just see

The part of me that I hid away

If I could just hold her in my arms again

And just say I love you

But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay

If she only knew



If she could just feel

What I feel here in my heart

She'd know it was real

Pure and true right from the start

But I'm just a man who didn't understand

What she was going through

But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay

If she only knew



And how, how did I let her get away

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

'Cause love, love is so easy to feel

But the hardest thing to say



If she could just see (see)

What I see when I close my eyes (close my eyes)

All that I dream (dream)

Surely she would realize

But like a fool I waited much too long

To let her know the truth

She's gone away, maybe she'd stay

If she only knew



Tell me, tell me

How, how did I let her get away (tell me)

'Cause I guess that love

Love is so easy to feel

But the hardest thing to say

Say, say, say, say



If she only knew

What I knew but could not say

If she could just see

The part of me that I hid away

If I could just hold her in my arms again

And just say I love you, I love you

She's gone away, maybe she'd stay

If she only knew, if she only knew

Maybe she'd stay but she ran away

Why she had to go away

'Cause of what I didn't say

Don't know what to do

Oh God how I wish that she knew