If I Loved You

Lyrics

[JULIE] When I worked in the mill weavin' at the loom I'd gaze absent-minded at the roof And half the time the shuttle tangled in the threads And the warp get mixed with the woof If I loved you [BILLY, spoken] But you don't [JULIE, spoken] No, I don't [JULIE] But somehow I can see Just exactly how I'd be If I loved you Time and again I would try to say All I'd want you to know If I loved you Words wouldn't come in an easy way Round in circles I'd go Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy I'd let my golden chances pass me by Soon you'd leave me Off you would go in the mist of day Never, never to know How I loved you If I loved you [BILLY] There's a hell of a lotta stars in the sky And the sky's so big the sea looks small And two little people, you and I We don't count at all [BILLY, spoken] You're a funny kid I don't ever remember meetin' a girl like you What, are you tryin' to get me to marry you? [JULIE, spoken] No [BILLY, spoken] Well then, what's put it into my head, huh? I wonder what it'd be like [JULIE, spoken] What? [BILLY, spoken] Uh, nothin' No, I know what it'd be like It'd be awful [BILLY] Kinda scrawny and pale, pickin' at my food And lovesick like any other guy I'd throw away my sweater and dress up like a dude In a dickey and a collar and a tie If I loved you [JULIE, spoken] But you don't [BILLY, spoken] No, I don't [BILLY] But somehow I can see Just exactly how I'd be If I loved you Time and again I would try to say All I'd want you to know If I loved you Words wouldn't come in an easy way Round in circles I'd go Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy I'd let my golden chances pass me by Soon you'd leave me Off you would go in the mist of day Never, never to know How I loved you If I loved you