For these many years
I've loved you
No one
Has ever known
No one
Has ever known
But you alone
We've kept it locked
Inside our hearts and smiled
Through all the tears
My darlin'
I have loved you
Oh
So many years
Each night within my lonely room
I cry
Dear over you
I pray
Someday that things
Will turn out right
And when the dawn of day appears
I brush
Away the tears
My darlin'
I have loved you oh
So many years
Maybe fate will lead us down a path
Where we will meet again
And we
Will both be free
To love anew
Then one
Sweet kiss
From your dear lips
Will banish
All my tears
My darlin'
I have loved you oh
So many years
I'll just go on pretending
My life is oh
So gay
And happy
Dear without you
By my side
When all the time
My heart is longing
Just
To have you near
My darlin'
I have loved you oh
So many years
Oh, my darlin'
I have loved you oh
So many years