If I Only Knew How lyrics

If I only knew how to turn the tide of time back

If I only knew how to take those words I said back

I could write a different story, with a happy end

I could make amends

If I only knew how, if I only knew

If I only knew how, if I only knew

If I only knew how to restrain a heart that's wandered

If I only knew how to regain a love I squandered

Like a spendthrift sailor I just let it slip away

I'd begin with yesterday

If I only knew how, if I only knew

If I only knew how, if I only knew

If I only knew how to phrase my feelings clearly

If I only knew why the words I write are merely

Shadows of the sonnets I hear singing in my mind

I'd reveal them, unconfined

If I only knew how, if I only knew

If I only knew how, if I only knew

If I only knew how to heal the hurt that haunts you

If I only knew how to ease the ache that taunts you

I could take you in my arms and purge you

of your pain

I could win your love again

If I only knew how, if I only knew

If I only knew how, if I only knew