If today was not an endless highway   If tonight was not a crooked trail   If tomorrow wasn't such a long time   then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all      Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'   Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin'    only if she were lying by me    would I rest in my bed once again      I can't see my reflection in the mirror   I can't speak the sounds that show no pain   I can't hear the echoes of my footsteps   and can't remember the sound of my own name      Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'   Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin'    only if she were lying by me    would I rest in my bed once again      There's beauty in the silver singin' river   There's beauty in the sunlight in the sky   But none of these, and nothing else    can steal the beauty    that I remember in my true love's eyes      Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'   Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin'    only if she were lying by me    would I rest in my bed once again