IF ALL THE LOVE
NEVER BEFORE, A LOVE LIKE OURS
NO HUMAN HEART COULD HOLD.
IT TOOK AN ACT OF GOD HIMSELF
TO CREATE, FORM AND MOLD.
MY LOVE FOR YOU SURPASSES ALL
THE LOVE THAT'S EVER BEEN.
IT REACHES PAST GOD'S INFINITY,
CIRCLES THE STARS, RETURNS AGAIN.
IF ALL THE LOVE THAT'S EVER BEEN
WERE BUNDLED AND PUT ON A SCALE.
COMPARED TO MY LOVE FOR YOU
WOULD BE NO CONTEST, WOULD SURELY FAIL.
IF ALL THE LOVE THAT'S EVER BEEN
WERE PUT IN A MEASURING CUP,
MINE FOR YOU WOULD BE MOUNTAIN HIGH,
WOULD FILL ALL THE VALLEYS UP.
IF ALL THE LOVE THAT'S EVER BEEN
WERE WRITTEN IN A SONG.
MINE FOR YOU BY COMPARISON
WOULD BE AN OPERA, ETERNITY LONG.
IF ALL THE LOVE THAT'S EVER BEEN
WERE THE SONG OF LARKS FLING FREE,
MINE WOULD BE AN ANGELIC CHOIR
THEIR VOICES FILLING THE HEAVENLY’S.
OH IF WORDS WERE NOT SO CONFINING!
IF ONLY MY HEART COULD SPEAK!
IT'S WORDS OF LOVE AND ADORATION
WOULD FILL THE EARTH TO MOUNTAIN PEAK.
GOD MADE OTHER WOMEN IT'S TRUE,
SOME HAVE ELEGANCE AND GRACE.
BUT WHEN GOD MADE YOU, MY LOVE,
HE USED HIS LOVE, AND TATTED LACE.
copyright John Dumke 1996