Lyrics The Hands I Love - Harry Belafonte

A lamp is burning low upon my tabletop
The snow is softly falling
The air is still in the silence of my room
I hear you're voice softly calling

If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
And to be once again with you

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines above the page
The words of love you sent me

If I could know within my heart
That you were lonely too
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
And to be once again with you

The fire is dying, now my lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are lifting
The morning light steals across my window pane
Where webs of snow are drifting

If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
And to be once again with you
(Once again with you)
And to be once again with you
(Just to be with you)
And to be once again with you