If I Came Back to You and Said "I'm Sorry"
I am further from you than any,
I who was nearer than all;
I am now only one of the many
Your charms and beauty enthrall.
I left you and vow'd I'd forget you,
The pride in my heart made me strong,
But the hours are long to the lonely
And I wonder the day and night long.
If I come back to you and said "I'm sorry"
Would you be just a little sorry too?
If I come back to you and said "I'm sorry"
Heart that once was mine, what would you do?
The rose no more can live without the sunshine
Than I can live without your presence dear;
Tell me, would two lips I miss
Meet me half way with a kiss
If I come back to you and said "I'm sorry?"
Thro' the window of memry's mansion,
Far down the path of the past;
There the fragments I see of a friendship,
A friendship to fragile to last.
And somewhere tonight you're surrounded
By others you think far more true
But no other shall share you I swear it:
Far from Lonesomeland I'm asking you.
If I come back to you and said "I'm sorry"
Would you be just a little sorry too?
If I come back to you and said "I'm sorry"
Heart that once was mine, what would you do?
The rose no more can live without the sunshine
Than I can live without your presence dear;
Tell me, would two lips I miss
Meet me half way with a kiss
If I come back to you and said "I'm sorry?"
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