Bob Dylan — Tomorrow Is a Long Time Witmark Demo - 1962

[Verse 1] If today was not a crooked highway If tonight I could finally stand tall If tomorrow wasn’t such a long time Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin’ Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin’ Only if she was lyin’ by me Then I’d lie in my bed once again [Verse 2] I can’t see my reflection in the waters I can’t speak the sounds that know no pain I can’t hear the echo of my footsteps I can’t remember the sound of my own name Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin’ Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin’ Only if she was lyin’ by me Then I’d lie in my bed once again [Verse 3] There’s beauty in the silver, singin’ river There’s beauty in the sunrise in the sky But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty That I remember in my true love’s eyes Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin’ If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin’ Only if she was lyin’ by me Then I’d lie in my bed once again [Verse 4] Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin’ If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin’ Yes, and only if she was lyin’ by me Then I’d lie in my bed once again