Lyrics If I'd Been a Different Man - Jimmy Webb

If I'd Been a Different Man

If I’d been born a different kind
With a different heart
And a different mind
I might have stayed, afraid of what I’d find
I guess your love will keep
If you just knew how close I came to staying
But then again you never heard a word that I was saying
I just as well have spent my time a-praying
My, but the valley’s deep
My, but the mountain’s steep
And it’s hard to see
When you must weep
Oh, I loved you
Oh, I loved you
And if I’d been a different man
I might have tried to understand
I might have stayed there, safely in your hands
Lord, why can’t I sleep?