After All These Years

[Verse 1]
Believe me, darling
I'm just a man
But if I could be your everything
You know I would
And if you were only crying tears
My kiss could drive away
I'd gently wipe them from your eyes
Tell you everything's okay

[Chorus 1]
But after all these years
There lingers still
An emptiness
I cannot fill
After all these years
After all these years

[Verse 2]
I realize, my love
You're just a woman
Though you're not the treasure
You're a precious jewel
There swims deep longing in my soul
This ocean has no floor
It's not your voice that drowns my ears
It's the knocking at my door

[Chorus 2]
And after all these years
There lingers still
An emptiness
You cannot fill

[Verse 3]
Please realize, my love
I'm just a man
Yet if I could be your everything
You know I would
This picture-puzzle love we share
It's yet to be complete
We drink of love yet thirst again
The taste is bittersweet

[Chorus 3]
And after all these years
There lingers still
An emptiness
Only He and He alone
Can fill
After all these years
After all these years