Now wait a minute, long-lost friend

Everything comes around, here we go again

Ain't it a pity? ain't that a shame?

You're gone without a trace, face without a name.

Oh, no, not you

I don't, you do

Good god! who knows?

And so it goes

Same old story

Don't you worry.

If you only knew, if you only knew

Maybe you'd feel the way I do

If you only knew.

Right down the middle, dog on a chain

The water from the well circling the drain

Hand on the trigger, I'm holding fire

The passing of the flame burning up inside.

Hold on, I know

It comes, it goes

Same old story

Don't be sorry.

If you only knew (if you only knew)

If you only knew (if you only knew)

Maybe you'd feel the way I do

If you only knew.

I need somebody to take my hand

But, really, what can you do?

Lead me somewhere I can lay to rest

If you only knew.

If you only knew (if you only knew)

If you only knew (if you only knew)

Maybe you'd feel the way I do

If you only knew.

Maybe you'd feel the way I do

If you only knew.