I WISH YOU HAD TURNED TO ME
(Dave Estes)


Jimmy Dean - 1970



        

I wish that you had turned to me before, my dear
I might have saved some heartaches and some pain
Oh, I wish that you had come to me, for now I fear
That you may never love again

SPOKEN:
I see a crumpled pillow on an empty bed
Where not long ago you laid your pretty head
Curtains blowin' from an open window
And you sit there and your mind wonders
"What have I gotten myself into"
Teardrops mark the trail you took
In search of a love that you've read about somewhere in a book
And the sadness of your disappointed eyes 
That yesterday were filled with such innocent surprise
When you were just a little girl
Why, we could talk about anything
Anything in the whole wide world
But then you grew older and other friends you had
Seemed to take the place of your kinda square Dad
I wish it had been me to whom you turned
I might have helped with some things that I've learned
Like love's a flower that must be fed
And, hon, it's not somethin' you find in a bed

Oh, I wish that you had turned to me before, my dear
I might have saved some heartaches and some pain
I wish that you had come to me, for now I fear
That you may never love again

SPOKEN:
What was to have been fulfillment
Turned out to be nothin' but cheap disgrace
To match the utter disillusion that's charted all over your face
It mirrors all the broken promises of love since time began
And now you sit and wonder, "Dad, will I ever, ever love again?"
Where's the love the darkness promised in this unbelieving world
And what's to happen of what's left of my sweet disillusioned little girl
But you're young and time's very kind and we worked a few miracles before
Mendin' other broken dolly's leg
Why, sweetheart, don't you know that's what dads are for

But I wish that you had turned to me before, my dear
I might have saved some heartaches and some pain
I wish that you had come to me, for now I fear
That you may never love again






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2013)