If I Didn't Cry - Mose Allison

If I don’t love you this way

If I don’t love you this way

If I don’t love you this way

Why do I say what I say, yeah

If I don’t need you this much

Why do I ache for your touch, yeah

With you it seems

I can reach the stars

With reckless hopes and dreams

But you it seems

Still don’t believe

How valuable you are

I’m really loving you

Not pretending to

If I don’t love you this strong

Why do I beg to belong, yeah

How can you doubt that I care

When I’m with you everywhere, yeah

With you I find

I can close my eyes

To the world surrounding me

And you create

The sweetest things

That I could ever be

I’m really loving you

Not pretending to

If I don’t love you this way

Why do I say what I say, yeah

If I don’t need you this much

Why do I ache for your touch, yeah

You just have to smile

To make my life worth while

Doesn’t that explain

That I’m playin' no games

If I don’t love you this way

Why do I say what I say, yeah

If I don’t need you this much

Why do I ache for your touch, yeah