If We Only Have Tonight Lyrics

If we only have tonight

Let's fill this room with laughter

If we only have tonight

Then we only have tonight

I think of you as a close friend

So I don't understand how it happened

Before we knew it another year had gone by

This thing has taken so long that

I was worried we'd have nothing in common

But from the minute you arrived

We were back into our stride

Man you are a sight for sore eyes

So if we only have tonight

Let's fill this room with laughter

If we only have tonight

Then we only have tonight

I'm grappling with mixed feelings

Having not seen you for eons

There's no way we can ever make up all that lost time

But let's not dwell on the failings

Let's make the best of the time that we have 'cos

We're not defined by the things we've lost

And I've found I'm not too good at goodbyes

So if we only have tonight

Let's fill this room with laughter

Tell each other of our lives

Shout it to the rafters

We'll have our fill of too much wine

Worry about the consequences after

If we only have tonight

Then we only have tonight

Cos this evening will end it will pass just as fast as the mayflies

And we'll both say "my friend we should do this again

Let's not wait so long the next time"

But even as those words are said we both know we've been caught in a white lie

Cos with the best of intentions

I'm sure that this is the last time

For a long time

And the seasons will come

And the seasons will go

With the occasional text or message

And if we're lucky a voice note

And through no fault of yours

And through no fault of mine

We'll fall back into our old routines

And end up back in our own lives

If we only have tonight

Let's fill this room with laughter

Tell each other of our lives

Shout it to the rafters

Let's have our fill of too much wine

Yeah and worry about the consequences after

If we only have tonight

Then we only have tonight

If we only have tonight

We can still put this world to rights

If we only have tonight