If I had only known that you were leaving here so soon

I would not have been so flippant when I offered you the moon

I'd have pulled my chair up closer to the railing of your bed

And chosen much more carefully the words I said



I would ask you for your stories

And I would tell you mine

I would give you much more credit

I would take more of your time

There's so much I left unspoken

If you were here right now

I would love you out loud



If I had said the words "I love you" every time they crossed my mind

Then you would have heard me tell you at least a thousand times

I know you knew it anyway, I guess you understood

But I would like to go back if I only could



I would ask you for your stories

And I would tell you mine

I would give you much more credit

I would take more of your time

There's so much I left unspoken

If you were here right now

I would love you out loud



I would touch you much more often

I would laugh at all your jokes

I would worry through your worries

I would dream through all your hopes

I would pray with you to heaven

Are you watching from there now

Do you know what I would give for the chance somehow



To ask you for your stories

I would tell you mine

I would give you much more credit

I would take more of your time

There's so much I left unspoken

If you were here right now

I would love you out loud

Oh, I would love you out loud