If Not For You

Album: New Morning (1970)
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  • If not for you
    Babe, I couldn't find the door
    Couldn't even see the floor
    I'd be sad and blue
    If not for you

    If not for you
    Babe, I'd lay awake all night
    Wait for the mornin' light
    To shine in through
    But it would not be new
    If not for you

    If not for you
    My sky would fall
    Rain would gather too
    Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
    I'd be lost if not for you
    And you know it's true

    If not for you
    My sky would fall
    Rain would gather too
    Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
    Oh! What would I do
    If not for you

    If not for you
    Winter would have no spring
    Couldn't hear the robin sing
    I just wouldn't have a clue
    Anyway it wouldn't ring true
    If not for you Writer/s: Bob Dylan
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Clyde Neal Music from Costal VirginiaDylan Fan - "His Bobness" was known for wacky brilliance; just had to play along, right?
  • Altp Bill from Pensacola"I know he was doing that to keep you off base, so that you had to be able to accommodate what was in front of you right now for the first time."
    Or just maybe he did that because he didn't know what he was doing!
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