Opposite Tables - John Denver

Father oh father please hear me

My song is a cry of desperation

All of the words I hear

Have lost their meaning

My life is a well of confusion

Drowned out by the sound of the lost and lonely

Only the voice inside

Speaks your name to me

If they only knew the things that I know

If they only could see the things that I see

If they only knew the things that I know

If they only could see the things that I see

My brothers at opposite tables

Like fire and water against each other

Only a fool can’t see

The obvious ending

Are we as ashes to wildwood

Is life just a fire that can only consume us

Is there no vision of love

To bind us together

If they only knew the things that I know

(You are only every thing that I know)

If they only could see the things that I see

If they only knew the things that I know

(You are only every thing that I know)

If they only could see the things that I see

If they only knew the things that I know

(You are only every thing that I know)

If they only could see the things that I see

If they only knew the things that I know

(You are only every thing that I know)

If they only could see the things that I see

If they only knew the things that I know