If I Never Knew You Lyrics

Music: Menken, Alen
Lyrics: Schwartz, Stephen

with Jon Secada

man
     If I never knew you
     If I never felt this love
     I would have no inkling of
     How precious life can be

     And if I never held you
     I would never have a clue
     How at last I'd find in you
     The missing part of me

     In this world so full of fear
     Full of rage and lies
     I can see the truth so clear
     In your eyes
     So dry your eyes

     And I'm so grateful to you
     I'd have lived my whole life through
     Lost forever
     If I never knew you

woman
     If I never knew you
     I'd be safe but half as real
     Never knowing I could feel
     A love so strong and true

     I'm so grateful to you
     I'd have lived my whole life through
     Lost forever
     If I never knew you

man
     I thought our love would be so beautiful

woman
     Somehow we made the whole world bright

Both
     I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
     All they'd leave us where these whispers in the night
     But still my heart is singing
     We were right

woman
     If I never knew you
     If I never knew this love
     I would have no inkling of
     How precious life can be

man
     There's no moment I regret
     Since the moment that we met
     If our time has gone too fast
     I've lived at last...

Both
     I thought our love would be so beautiful
     Somehow we'd make the whole world bright

woman
     I thought our love would be so beautiful
     We'd turn the darkness into light

Both
     And still my heart is singing
     We were right

man
     We were right
     And If I never knew you
     I'd have lived my whole life through

woman
     Empty as the sky

Both
     Never knowing why
     Lost forever
     If I never knew you