If My Heart Could Tell The Story - Edwin Starr

If my heart could tell the story

It would tell how much I’m lonely

And of my bleeding heart inside

That’s open for love

Needing love

Oh

If you look at me you would see

A softly spoken man

But deep inside I try to hide

A hurt that I can’t stand

Oh no one understands

As proud but lonely man

Not only sympathy

But only wanting to be happy

If my heart could tell the story

It would tell how much I’m lonely

And of my bleeding heart inside

That’s open for love

Needing love

Oh

How much longer can I hold this

Heart full of despair

You know I search for satisfaction

But I can find it nowhere

Now on my face, I wear a smile

But it’s only there just a for a while

'Cause when the pretending ends

That’s when heartache rushes in

If my heart could tell the story

Then it would tell how much I’m lonely

And of my bleeding heart inside

That’s open for love

Needing love

Oh

If my heart could tell the story

Then it would tell just how much I’m lonely