If I Knew...

words: anonymous

published by: Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA)

music: Emory Stagmer


If I knew then

What I know now

You never would have died.

I'd have held you close

And nutured you

And kept you by my side.

I'd have sung you songs

And treasured you

More than silver

More than gold:

But this song is all I have to give

To the babe I'll never hold.


I've never written poetry

That hasn't been a praise

To the Lord Who wept and mourned with me

And held me through those days.

And Jesus, now I'm asking,

I know you hear my plea,

Won't You take that child, in Your Hands

And hold my babe for me.


If I knew then

What I know now

You never would have died.

I'd have held you close

And nutured you

And kept you by my side.