I COULD SAY
(Bob Millsap / Ed Penny)


Marilyn Sellars - 1976



I suppose I could say no one else was here before you
I could lie and say I spent my nights alone
But there were others before your time
Friends and lovers, and they were mine
Like old forgotten songs that belong in the past
Nice enough to know, never strong enough to last

I suppose I could say no one else has ever held me
And pretend no other lips have touched my own
But there was no one I ever knew
Who made me feel the way you do
How else would I know how wonderful you are
If no one else had ever taken me this far

(Instrumental Break)

I could say it was cold, I was lonesome, it was wrong
When the truth is I've enjoyed the life I've known
But you are the first one I've ever told
You'll be the last one I'll ever hold
If you say that you'll take me as I am today
I will love you more than words could ever say



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)