If We Only Had Love

If we only had love

We would open our hearts

We would open our arms

& the journey would start

If we only had love

Every hour, every day

Our smiles would be rivers

That would wash us away

If we only had love

Not the wealth of the thief

We would live out our promises

With the faith of belief

If we only had love

We would call down the sun

& fill up with magic

Every suburb & slum

If we only had love

Each would have their own song

Each would have their own reason

& our hands would hold on.

If we only had love

Each morning we’d dress

The poor & the outlawed

In velvet & lace

If we only had love

Every singer of songs

Would be prayer enough

To right the world’s wrongs

If we only had love

The candles would light

For the ones who are fighting

For an end to the night

If we only had love

We would not be denied

We would cross every crossroad

Not turn back or aside

& with nothing but this

In our hands we will hold,

Like lovers that kiss,

The whole heart of the world