ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE

    
WHEN DADDY LEFT MY MAMMA HAD TO RAISE US ALL ALONE,
SHE DID HER BEST TO KEEP THE FAMILY FED.
I NEVER HEARD AN UNKIND WORD SPOKEN IN OUR HOME,
ABOUT THE LIFE SHE LED, MY MAMMA ALWAYS SAID.

ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT
ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE, YOU WON'T BE THE SAME
ONCE YOU'VE SHOWN LOVE, THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE, ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE.

NOW THAT I AM GROWN AND HAVE A FAMILY OF MY OWN,
I'VE HEARD THE SOUND OF MY HEART BREAKING TOO.
WHEN TIMES GET HARD I THINK ABOUT THE SEEDS MY MAMMA SOWED.
I KNOW SHE SPOKE THE TRUTH, I AM THE LIVIN' PROOF.

ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT
ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE, YOU WON'T BE THE SAME
ONCE YOU'VE SHOWN LOVE, THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE, ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE.

ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT
ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE, YOU WON'T BE THE SAME
ONCE YOU'VE SHOWN LOVE, THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE, ONCE YOU'VE KNOWN LOVE.