If Only

Music and Lyric by David W. Jacobsen
Copyright 2007. All Rights Reserved.

I kept myself too busy
To have the time to wonder
Why I'm so occupied
With things that just encumber

Keeping me from something
That I barely remember
Until there's nothing left of it
But a quickly fading ember

I'm so busy
I don't ever stop to ponder
All the things that could have been
The chances that I squander

As my prospects wither
I sense some reservations
I finally stop to feel
There's little consolations

If only there was the time
If only there was the time
If only there was the time
If only there was the time

I was always busy
With foolish expectations
Loosing all my ground
Meeting others obligations

Always waiting
For some kind of a reprieve
But fortune may not strike
Just because you believe

If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)

I have so much beauty and sorrow to share
I find I long for what's not there

If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)

I want to reach out to the stranger who used to be a friend
It's the one thing you can count on to make the bruises mend
I want to paint the perfect picture I never could complete
To cadence the song that haunts me and not simply repeat

If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)

I want to ask forgiveness and finally be absolved
I want to be at peace and know the puzzle can't be solved
I want to have the patience to just watch the world turn
To accept in the end that you lose all that you earn

If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)
If only there was the time (there is time)

I want to witness the earth's movements
And in the morning see the sun
I want to witness the earth's movements
And in the morning see the sun
See the sun
See the sun