If Only

If you had only told me that you loved me
I’d have stopped trying to be somebody new
If you had only told me that you want me
I would have stopped pretending it was true

If you had only told me not to go, babe
I would have never stayed away so long
If you had only told me not to come back
I would have known what you knew all along

If only
If only
If only you

If you had only asked a different question
I would have known the answer all along
If you had only asked for a suggestion
There’s no way that we could have been wrong

If only
If only
If only you

If you had only given me a reason
I’d’ve got this thing up off the ground
If you had only given me a season
I would have made it last the whole year round

If only
If only
If only you

© Adam Tobias Schmid and Gregory J. Yoder