How Could I Have Known

(album: Kindly Now - 2016)

How could I have known
You were the one for me?
How could I have known
You were the air I breathe
If I don't believe in love?

How was I to know
I couldn't live without
Your arms around me?
If you'd only come back now
I'd not let you down again
And how could you allow
One little love you saw?
How could I think
If you'd only hold me close
I'd not let you go again?

Guess I could've been
A better man
I should have held onto your coat
But how could I've known?

And now looking back
Should have been on my knees
But I can be cold
Shoulda said "Stay with me
Please don't leave me alone"

And those other girls
They never made me feel
The way I do now
Know that our love was real
But I broke the deal
And now...

I'm out in the cold
Baby come hold me close
Please don't let me drown
Woman I love the most
My holy ghost
Goddamn

Guess I could have tried
A little harder
I see comfort in being alone
How could I have known?