Without You I'd Have Never Known - Gary Robinson
Take my hand, my friend
I have been waiting patiently
The day will soon be through
Trains and planes and rockets
They've all gone shooting by
Now I'm just glad to see you
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But I cried a long time, I cried a long time
Just before the moment you appeared
I was sad as a snail, I was filled with fear
But now the evening, But now the evening
Shines upon you as I say, Although
I had thought once or twice that we are not alone
Without you I'd have never known
In a night of longing
Or in a day of dreaming
My thoughts have wandered over
Sad terrains of wanting
And empty fields of needing
Till these became my lover
I cried a long time
I had a lonely time
But that's the way our lives must sometimes go
I tried to hide it
You said, "Don't shy away from it."
You said you'd been there often enough to know
And then you told me how
You had been reaching out
An empty handed soldier
When no one could hear you
At least that's how it seemed to you
A cry without an answer
And all together, And all together
Everyone is riding on this train
On the track of love but still the track of pain
As now the evening. As now the evening
Shines upon you and I say, Although
I had thought once or twice that we are not alone
Without you I'd have never known
Ooh, and tonight we've built a home
And furnished it with kindness
And put that pain behind us
Like it was never known
© 1983 Gary Robinson