Verse 1: Joel Smallbone
Wide awake while the world is sound asleepin’
Too afraid of what might show up while you’re dreamin’
Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you
Nobody, nobody would believe you
Every day you try to pick up all the pieces
All the memories, they somehow never leave you
Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you
Nobody, nobody would believe you
Chorus: Dolly Parton, Joel and Luke Smallbone, All
God only knows what you’ve been through
God only knows what they say about you
God only knows how it’s killin’ you
But there’s a kind of love that God only knows
God only knows what you’ve been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
‘Cause there’s a kind of love that God only knows
Post-Chorus: Dolly Parton & Joel Smallbone
There’s a kind of love that
There’s a kind of love
Verse 2: Joel Smallbone & Dolly Parton
You keep a cover over every single secret
So afraid if someone saw them, they would leave
But somebody, somebody, somebody sees you
Somebody, somebody will never leave you
Chorus: Dolly Parton, Joel and Luke Smallbone, All
God only knows what you’ve been through
God only knows what they say about you
God only knows how it’s killin’ you
But there’s a kind of love that God only knows
God only knows what you’ve been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
‘Cause there’s a kind of love that God only knows
Post-Chorus: Dolly Parton & Joel Smallbone
There’s a kind of love that
There’s a kind of love
There’s a kind of love that
There’s a kind of love
Bridge: Joel & Luke Smallbone, Dolly Parton, All
For the lonely, for the ashamed
The misunderstood, and the ones to blame
What if we could start over?
We could start over, we could start over
Oh, for the lonely, for the ashamed
The misunderstood, and the ones to blame
What if we could start over?
We could start over, we could start over
‘Cause there’s a kind of love that God only knows
Chorus: Joel and Luke Smallbone & Dolly Parton
God only knows what you’ve been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
But there’s a kind of love that God only knows
God only knows what you’ve been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
There’s a kind of love that God only knows
Post-Chorus: Dolly Parton & Joel Smallbone
There’s a kind of love that
There’s a kind of love
There’s a kind of love that
There’s a kind of love
Outro: Dolly Parton
God only knows where to find you
God only knows how to break through
God only knows the real you
There’s a kind of love that God only knows