If today was not a crooked highway
If tonight was not a crooked trail
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
Then loneliness would mean nothing to you at all

Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Yes, and only if she was lyin' 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
I can't remember the sound of my own name

Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Yes, and only if she was lyin' by me
Then I'd lie in my bed once again

There's beauty in the silver singin' river
There is beauty in the rainbow in the sky
But no one or nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes

Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Yes, and only if she was lyin' by me
Then I'd lie in my bed once again