[Verse 1] If you were white snow, I’d ask to be winter In the vastness where our hands could meet Keeping one another warm through the cold While the whole wide world turns beneath our feet If you were a meadow, I’d become a stream Threading through the grass to bring you rain Giving every field a drink of water Staying by your side through summer’s flame [Chorus] I love you with a love that won’t grow old Through every life the years may bring More of your sweetness, more I lose myself Till time lets go of everything [Verse 2] If you were a brook that gave me water I would love you through the changing course If you were the railway, I’d be the night train Crossing silence with a steady force If your teeth were ivory, like a comb I would pause my journey, stay awhile Let you comb my hair from dawn to evening And carry that small tenderness for miles [Chorus] I love you with a love that won’t grow old Through every life the years may bring More of your sweetness, more I lose myself Till time lets go of everything [Verse 3] If your lips were bitter fruit, I’d taste them If you were warm wine, I’d drink you whole Love can turn to vinegar and still be The bright, strange flavor of the soul If you were a bridge from north to south I’d be the first to cross the open span If you were the wind, I’d turn to cloud And follow wild birds over mountain land [Bridge] If you were a blank page, I’d write us deeper Give our days a place to dream and grow If you were life, I’d turn the hours backward So our love could outlast all we know [Final Chorus] I love you with a love that won’t grow old Through every life the years may bring More of your sweetness, more I lose myself Till time lets go of everything [Outro] If you were a swallow, I’d be moved by your flight If you were a seagull, I’d be the blue If you were a stream, I’d be the ocean River, lake, brook, and a drop of dew
