If I Could See You Now

If I could see you now Your eyes lit up like daytime candles Shining in my Knoxwood night. If I could hear you now Spilling laughter like silver bangles Flooding my world with light. If I could hold you now And feel the pillow of your breast Inviting my heart to stay O, but I in sorrow now Am so sorry and must confess I am only mortal clay And when this music plays again Memories move me to pain For you are gone and hope is vain This song is just a chain. I had no wish to wander, Love, so long in the wind, drowning In my tears, looking back To days that never come again And if you are still tender With forgiving, when you are remembering Blame fate that switched track But could not break the chain. Tom Jans wrote "Lying in your loving arms again." The only persons I have ever heard sing this song is Elvis Presley and Kris Kristoferson ...