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Douglas Closson: Lyrics

When It's True

(Music and Lyrics by Douglas Closson © 1986 © 2008)
When it’s true I heard her crying it’s all up to you
Life is love and love is all you’re giving when it’s true, when will it be true?

Will I see a new sun rising, will it stop the rain?
When life is love and love is all you’re giving
Is there pain?
When it’s true, Oh, keep on trying
When it’s true I’ll see it in your eyes

When it’s true, when it’s true
When your love is true

I need loving and you need loving
Yes we all need love to live
But you can’t get it standing there cryin’
Cause you get just what you give
You get just what you give

And you gave all your heart before
But that’s no reason to stop now
No you’ve got so much more to give
To your new love like I do ‘cause

All my life I’ve been looking for that woman
And I think I’ve found her here
Got a southeast wind blowing over my shoulder
And the reefs I’m going to clear
The reefs I’m going to clear

When it’s true,
When your love is true
When it’s true

I need loving and you need loving
Yes we all need love to live
But you can’t get it standing there cryin’
Cause you get just what you give
You get just what you give
And you gave all your heart before
But that’s no reason to stop now
No you’ve got so much more to give
To your new love like I do ‘cause

All my life I’ve been looking for that woman
And I think I’ve found her here
Got a southeast wind blowing over my shoulder
And the reefs I’m going to clear
The reefs I’m going to clear
When it’s true

When your love is true, when it’s true
When it’s true (sun shining in your eyes)
When it’s true (sun shining in your eyes)