If I Wrote You Lyrics - Many Great Companions - Dar Williams

I never thought you were the letter writing type 

So now I see the words you chose the way you write 

So I started to write back about the trees in the snow 

And I saw a bird, couldn't see what it was but I thought you'd know 

You always surprised me 

And if I wrote you 

If I wrote you 

You would know me 

No, no 

And when the spring came and flooded all the streams 

It's like how you got the night you told me all you dreams 

And when the barn roof sagged after an icy bout 

It's like how you got when you knew the truth was the only way out 

But not the only way, oh no 

And if I wrote you 

If I wrote you 

If you would know me 

And you would not write me again 

No, no 

We drew our arms around the bastard sons 

We never would drink to the chosen ones 

Well, you know the way I left was not the way I planned 

But I thought the world needed love and a steady hand 

So I'm steady now, yeah 

And now I'm so happy 

I had to tell you 

And I love you 

And you will not write me again 

You will not write me again, no, no 

You will not write me again