what song is this?

Question

but when i get the nerve to tell you the words just never seem to come out right.....................

hint: this is a soul classic

Answer 1

if only you knew---patti labelle

Answer 2

if only you knew?

by a bunch of different artists

I must have rehearsed my lines a thousand times,
Until I had them memorized.
***But when I get up the nerve to tell you,
the words just never seem to come out right.***

Chorus:
If only you knew how much I do,
do love you. If only you knew,
how much I do, I do need you.

I dream of moments we share but your not there,
I'm living in a fantasy.
Cause you don't even suspect,
could probably care less,
about the changes I been going through.

Chorus

No, you don't even suspect,
Could probably care less,
about the changes I been going through.

Chorus (x2)

Oh, if, if....
in my....
love you.....
Iife....You don't know,
I say you don't know,
how much I need you sugar,
If only you knew,
how much I do,
I say you don't know that I love you,
and I'm so fond of you...I love you baby.