How Many Times

You were there before I knew
How the world could bend and bruise
When the road grew dark, your heart became my light
Every fall and every win
You kept letting daylight in
You have loved me through the thick and through the thin

No one here gets forever
So while we’re here together
There’s something I don’t ever want to leave unsaid

How many times can I say, “I love you”?
Say it again, say it again
How many ways can I say what you mean?
Say it again, say it again
If I had a thousand days
I would use them all this way:
I love you, I love you
I love you, my dear one
And when I’ve said it many times
I’ll say it all again

You have seen me at my best
You have held me through the rest
Never asking me to be somebody new
Through the laughter, through the tears
Through the changing of the years
There has always been a home for me in you

Every clock keeps turning
Every candle keeps on burning
So I won’t wait another moment to tell the truth

How many times can I say, “I love you”?
Say it again, say it again
How many ways can I say what you mean?
Say it again, say it again
If I had a thousand days
I would use them all this way:
I love you, I love you
I love you, my dear one
And when I’ve said it many times
I’ll say it all again

If tomorrow comes, I’ll tell you
Tell me again
With the morning sun, I’ll tell you
Tell me again
And if tonight is all we’re given
Let these words be what remains:
I love you, I love you
I love you always

In the good times
I love you
In the hard times
I love you
For the old days
I love you
For the days still left to come
I love you

When I say it once
Say it twice
When I say it twice
All my life
How many times is enough?
Never enough

How many times can I say, “I love you”?
Say it again, say it again
How many ways can I show what you mean?
Say it again, say it again
For every precious breath
For every moment we have left:
I love you, I love you
I love you, my dear one
And when I’ve said it all my life
I’ll say it once again

I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you, I love you
Again and again