If Only

(Dolly Parton)



The word "If", just two tiny letters

Says so much for something so small

The biggest little word in existence

Never answers, just questions us all.



If regrets were gold, I'd be rich as a queen

If teardrops were diamonds, how my face would gleam

If I'd loved you better, I wouldn't be lonely

If only, if only, if only.



But looking back now I see clearly

With my twenty-twenty hindsight

Oh, but don't think I haven't paid dearly

'Cause you could be in my arms tonight.



If regrets were gold, I'd be rich as a queen

If teardrops were diamonds, how my face would gleam

How I let you go, I swear is beyond me

But if only; ah, if only; oh, if only.



I could start over if I could go back

Have the power to change things then I would do that

But I listened to others like a fool, oh, shame on me

But if only you would just come back.



If only, dare I even ask, oh, if only...