How Can I Tell You - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
           
How can I tell

              
 you that I lo

          
ve  you, I lov

  
e you
            
But I can't th

             
ink of right w

        
ords to say
            
I long to tell

             
 you that I am

           
 always thinki

      
ng of you,
            
I'm always thi

         
nking of you,
            
But my words j

            
ust blow away,

           
     just blow

 
 away
            
It always ends

          
 up to one thi

ng, honey,
            
And I can't th

             
ink of right w

             
ords to say.

[Verse 2]
            
Wherever I am,

  
 girl,
           
I am always wa

            
lking with you

,
            
I am always wa

       
lking with you

,
            
But I look and

             
 you're not th


ere,

            
Whoever I'm wi


th I'm always,
           
I'm always tal

         
king to you,
            
I'm always tal

     
king to you,
            
And I'm sad th

             
at you can't h

           
ear, Sad that 

          
you can't hear

,
            
It always adds

        
 up to one thi

ng, honey,
            
When I look an

             
d you're not t

 
here.

[Interlude]
       (x4)

[Verse 3]
            
I need to know

             
 you, Need to 

           
feel my arms a

       
round you,
            
Feel my arms s

             
urround you, L

           
ike sea around

    
 a shore,
            
Each night and

  
 day I pray
           
in hope that I

            
 might find yo

u,
            
In hope that I

        
 might find yo

u,
             
Because hearts

          
 can do no mor

e,
           
      Can do n

   
o more.
            
It always adds

        
 up to one thi

ng, honey,
             
Still I kneel 

         
upon the floor

.

[Interlude]
   

[Verse 1]
           
How can I tell

              
 you that I lo

          
ve  you, I lov

  
e you
            
But I can't th

             
ink of right w

        
ords to say
            
I long to tell

             
 you that I am

           
 always thinki

      
ng of you,
            
I'm always thi

         
nking of you,
            
But my words j

            
ust blow away,

           
     just blow

 
 away
            
It always ends

          
 up to one thi

ng, honey,
            
And I can't th

             
ink of right w

              
ords to say.