Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Eternal Longing: Elvis's Melodic Reflections on Love
Lyrics
If today was not endless highway
If today lacked endless opportunities or possibilities
If tonight was not endless trail
If tonight didn't extend into an uncertain future
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
If the future didn't seem so distant and prolonged
Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all
Then feelings of solitude and loneliness would have no significance for me
Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
Yes, only if my true love were present
If I could hear her heart softly pounding
If I could perceive the rhythmic beating of her heart
Only she was lying by me
Only if she were lying next to me
Then I'd lie in my bed once again
Then I would find comfort in my bed once more
I can't see my reflection in the water
I cannot see my reflection in the water
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I am unable to express sounds that reveal no pain
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
I cannot hear the echoes of my footsteps
I can't remember the sound of my own name
I cannot recall the sound of my own name
Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
Yes, only if my true love were present
If I could hear her heart softly pounding
If I could perceive the rhythmic beating of her heart
If only she was lying by me
If only she were lying next to me
Then I'd lie in my bed once again
Then I would find comfort in my bed once more
There's beauty in the silver singing river
There is beauty in the silver singing river
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
There is beauty in the sunrise in the sky
But none of these and nothing else could match the beauty
But none of these, and nothing else, could match the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes
That I remember in the eyes of my true love
Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
Yes, only if my true love were present
If I could hear her heart softly pounding
If I could perceive the rhythmic beating of her heart
If only she was lying by me
If only she were lying next to me
Then I'd lie in my bed once again
Then I would find comfort in my bed once more
If today was not an endless highway
If today lacked endless opportunities or possibilities
If tonight was not endless trail
If tonight didn't extend into an uncertain future
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
If the future didn't seem so distant and prolonged
Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all
Then feelings of solitude and loneliness would have no significance for me
Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
Yes, only if my true love were present
If I could hear her heart softly pounding
If I could perceive the rhythmic beating of her heart
If only she was lying by me
If only she were lying next to me
Then I'd lie in my bed once again
Then I would find comfort in my bed once more
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