We hear some music
It reaches your soul
Am I hearing what you hear?
Or part of the whole?
I'll never, never know
We can both say how lovely
But I'll never, never know
And you couldn't explain to me
Maybe you just say
you have no idea of the joy
Try and try and try as you might
You have no idea of my delight
Suppose you have the toothache
Your friend will sympathize
But you can't feel pain
with kindly eyes
He'll never, never know
He can say, oh, how painful
But he'll never, never know
And you couldn't explain to him
Maybe you'd just say
You have no idea how it hurts
Try and try and try again
You have no idea of my pain
You read in the papers
of some faraway war
It means no more than
a cricket score
We'll never, never know
We can all say how terrible
But we'll never, never know
And they couldn't explain to us
Maybe they just say,
you have no idea what it's like
Try and try to stretch belief
You have no idea of our grief
We talk of love
The words are plain
But love is heart
And words are brain
You'll never, never know
I can say how I love you
But you'll never, never know
And I couldn't explain to you
Maybe I'd just say
You have no idea the joy
You have no idea the pain
You have no idea the grief
Try and try and try again
You have no idea, no, no
You have no idea, no, no
You have no idea how it feels to me
You have no idea what is real to me
You have no idea what's inside
How I've lived, how I've cried
You have no idea, no, no