Villanelle If I Believe In You A Little
Refrain 1 (A1) If I believe in you a little, then you only pray.
Line 2 (b) There is room enough in my mind for all your prayers.
Refrain 2 (A2) You seem to know all I think in my small chapel.
Line 4 (a) You walk with a dance in your step,
Line 5 (b) And I wait to hear you sing.
Refrain 1 (A1) If I believe in you a little, then I only pray.
Line 7 (a) I see you stand on the stair banister.
Line 8 (b) And stare at me in the dance theater.
Refrain 2 (A2)You seem to know all I think in this big arena.
Line 10 (a) Did it ever occur to you I might dance.
Line 11 (b) When will we dance together,
Refrain 1 (A1) If I believe in you a little, then we only pray.
Line 13 (a) I cannot depend on the experience of my youth,
Line 14 (b) To understand love looking at me from the stair.
Refrain 2 (A2)You seem to know all I think in my small chapel.
Line 16 (a) I had a dream I made it through the door,
Line 17 (b) Past three guards just beyond the moat.
Refrain 1 (A1) If I believe in you a little, then I pray
Refrain 2 (The door will open on time, and we will kneel together in the chapel.)
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