Lyrics

I Burn

what if I can?t keep you
what if I can?t stay?
what if there?s no answer
what if there?s no way?

what if you should leave me
what if I should fall?
would it be my better gift
to just not try at all

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but, God, the way you touch me
it?s a lover?s promise true
though surely I know better now
than to burn with love for you
still I burn
and I burn for you?
what if there?s no reason
but suddenly you?re cold?
what if, God forbid, you died
and I?m alone and old?
what if there?s no heaven
you?ll never meet me there,
what if we?re just a tragedy
and we?d be better spared?

chorus

what would give me courage
to open up my heart?
could it be just a lack of faith
that will not let me start?

could it be my lost loves
washed upon the shore?
where will I find perfect trust
to help me try once more?

chorus

Words and music by JoAnneh Nagler © 2004 extra sleeve music/ASCAP. All rights reserved.