If I had only known that you were leaving here so soon   I would not have been so flippant when I offered you the moon   I'd have pulled my chair up closer to the railing of your bed   And chosen much more carefully the words I said      chorus:   I would ask you for your stories   And I would tell you mine   I would give you much more credit   I would take more of your time   There's so much I left unspoken   If you were here right now   I would love you out loud      If I had said the words "I love you" every time they crossed my mind   Then you would have heard me tell you at least a thousand times   I know you knew it anyway, I guess you understood   But I would like to go back if I only could      repeat chorus      I would touch you much more often   I would laugh at all your jokes   I would worry through your worries    I would dream through all your hopes   I would pray with you to heaven   Are you watching from there now?   Do you know what I would give for the chance somehow?      repeat chorus