[Verse 1] If you loved me, you would have come to me Said it plain and looked me in the face I would have opened every locked-up door Shown you all the love I saved in place But you read my heart like something counterfeit A little note designed to make me break Maybe you believed the lie before the truth Maybe you loved a name I never gave [Pre-Chorus] I shed one tear so you would understand It fell like rain on the letter in my hand [Chorus] If you loved me, you would have shown me You would have crossed the distance, paid the cost You would have done whatever it took to hold me Not let me wonder what was lost I spent twenty-two years sleeping by myself No hand to kiss, no cheek, no Friday-night ride So forgive me if I couldn't trust your promise I thought you were another stranger in disguise [Verse 2] Ten years of boys taught me to doubt the door Twenty-two years taught me no one comes inside No one took me somewhere just to know me No one held my fingers on a drive You might have loved somebody wearing my name A doppelgänger standing in my place But you never loved the woman in this room Or you would have stayed and learned my face [Chorus] If you loved me, you would have shown me You would have crossed the distance, paid the cost You would have done whatever it took to hold me Not let me wonder what was lost I spent twenty-two years sleeping by myself No hand to kiss, no cheek, no Friday-night ride So forgive me if I couldn't trust your promise I thought you were another stranger in disguise [Bridge] I'm five foot two, with wide and natural hips Gray-white hair I cut, now growing from the roots Green eyes, high cheekbones, an old movie stare A little witch's nose and silver everywhere My waist has changed with every year I've carried My heart is still the only thing I keep Don't tell me love was waiting in the shadows Love would have found me where I sleep [Final Chorus] If you loved me, you would have shown me You would have come and let the truth be heard You would have held me like I was somebody Not left me guessing at a single word I spent twenty-two years sleeping by myself And still I kept a room inside for you But if you ever made love to the real me You'd know I'd never let you go No, if you ever loved the real me You'd know I'd never let you go [Outro] So take your little note and leave me breathing The tears are mine, but now the truth is too
