William Jackson - If Only Time Allowed

If time allowed me to live two lives instead of one,
I would have no obligation except to love you.
If only time allowed.

If I had known I was steering you into his arms,
What different words I would have spoken.
If only I had known.

If you had known my deepest thoughts and dreams,
(Perhaps you would have waited for me.)
What a life of love we might have shared.
If only you had known.

If I knew then what I know now,
(I would have waited for you.)
What sorrows I could have undone.
If only I knew then what I know now.

And yet, if ever a man loved a woman,
Even if only from afar, I loved you!
And
If time allows for second chances,
I will love you still in this life or the next.
If only time allows.

William Jackson

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