if i were a tree standing silent in the forest or a star shining softly in the night if i were an old fencepost by the road in old montana or if i was a watercolor cloud painted on a sanguine sky would you stop and say there is the one who loves me there is the one who ll always know my name or would you pass me by and never wonder why you only hear the thunder not the words i love you whispering in the rain if i were an old man playing songs on my piano just an old man hopin that one day my name might shine in lights in a motel by the side of the road in old montana just an old man wondering how your love had passed me by would you stop and say there s the one who loves me there s the one who ll always know my name or would you pass me by and never wonder why you only hear the thunder not the words i love you whispering in the rain if i were a song that you heard while you were driving just an old familiar song that you heard while you were driving through the night on an old and lonely road somewhere in montana oh while the lightning worked its way across the sky would you stop and say there s the one who loves me there s the one who ll always know my name or would you pass me by and never wonder why you only hear the thunder not the words i love you whispering in the rain