kate mcdonnell

Lyrics

If I Knew
McDonnell
Schnabb Music ©1998
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If I knew that life was short
As the blossom of a flower
I would guard it from the wind
Protect with all my power

And if I knew the crops would rot
I’d find a way to pull the plow
I’d be so much wiser then
If I knew what I know now

If I knew that love was fickle
Like a screen door in the wind
I’d pull it shut with both my arms
And I’d lock my lover in

And if I knew there’d come a time
When the money was all gone
I’d be so much wiser then
If I knew that I was wrong




Bridge
Watch as this sand
Flows through my hands
And scatters in the air
Like I didn’t care

But I am just a tiny flower
And this season I’m upon
Forces me to spend my colors
And I ache to give each one

But if I did not ache this way
I’d ne’er be picked for some true love
And I’d fade and wither unfulfilled
In the palm of winter’s glove

I’d fade and wither unfulfilled
In the palm of winter’s glove.