조셉 미첼 Joseph Mitchell

If I Never Let You Go

I’m sittin’ in this old bar,

Callin’ out your name again.

An empty glass before me,

Feels like the life I’m livin’ in.

One guitar string is cryin’,

And the night pulls your memory close.

If I never let you walk away,

Lord, I wonder where we’d be now, who knows.

Oh, if I never let you go,

I might not be this lonely.

In this long, dark road I walk,

You wouldn’t be a ghost that owns me.

If I never let you go,

My world might feel less cold…

Baby, you’re the ghost in my blues

A shadow carved into my soul.

Since you left, twelve seasons

Came and went like a broken train.

Your laughter in the smoke now,

Cuts deeper than any pain.

And here I am, still wonderin’

What the hell I was thinkin’ back then.

If I held you for one more minute,

Maybe we’d be more than might’ve been.

Oh, if I never let you go,

Maybe I wouldn’t shake like this.

On a rainy street in midnight light,

I’d still have your hand to kiss.

If I never let you go,

I wouldn’t feel this damn old…

Baby, you’re the ghost in my blues

Still rattlin’ through my bones.

I still see you walkin’ away,

Back turned, coat swingin’ in the wind.

I call your name every night in dreams,

But dreams don’t bring you back again…

If I never let you go,

Maybe life would’ve turned out kind.

Every time this old guitar cries,

It’s your face burnin’ in my mind.

If I never let you go…

Baby, maybe I wouldn’t be alone

Wanderin’ through the darkness,

Still whisperin’ your name in the cold.

If I never let you go…

Girl, I’d still have a home.