Bright Star~if You Knew My Story Lyrics - Bright Star [original Broadway Cast Recording] - Edie Brickell

Alice 

If you knew my story 

You'd have a hard time 

Believe me, you'd think I was lying 

Joy and sorrow never last 

I'll die trying not to live in the past 

If you knew my story 

My heaven and my hell 

If you knew my story 

You'd have a good story to tell 

I left my clothes on that cold river rock 

My cares and my woes rolled up in my socks 

I laid down in that mountain stream 

And the icy water rushed over me 

If you knew my story 

My heaven and my Hell 

If you knew my story 

You'd have a good story to 

Tell me 

I'm not alone 

Tell me 

I'm not alone 

Many backs have broken from lesser weight, I know 

I was born to carry more than I can hold 

Even though I stumbled 

Even though I fall 

You'll never see me crumple 

You'll never see me crawl 

If you knew my story 

Drew my water from the well 

If you knew my story 

You'd have a good story to 

Tell me 

I'm not alone 

Tell me 

I'm not alone 

Even though I stumble 

Even though I fall 

You'll never see me crumple 

You'll never see me crawl 

If you knew my story