HOW COULD I HAVE KNOWN?

(written by Kenneth Cope)

 

—for Kathy—

 

Chasing a star

Running long, running hard

Trying to put me a face with a dream

So elusive it had been

Again and again

I’d about given up on the game

But then the slightest chance that I might suit you

And I came calling to recruit you

 

Well, I struck gold that day

When you took my name

And gave yourself to me

Was it lucky this time

Or some higher design

Steered by Masterful Hands on the wheel?

’Cause I’m amazed at the way it’s unfolding

It’s like I managed to choose what was chosen

 

I come to you and you come to me

As love is set in stone

It’s now beyond my wildest dreams

With forever left to go

How could I have known?

 

It’s an uncertain road

’Cause when there’s two, who can know

If love will still bloom in the fall

And yet, look where we’ve come

How the years have made us one

And your smile was the start of it all

And you continue to wow and surprise me

All the treasures you’ve been hiding

 

I come to you and you come to me

As love is set in stone

It’s now beyond my wildest dreams

With forever left to go

How could I have known?

 

Right from the start

I’m richer by far

And every day together

Makes a better me

 

I come to you and you come to me

As love is set in stone

It’s now beyond my wildest dreams

With forever left to go

How could I have known?

 

© 1998 Mohrgüd Music (BMI)