Before The World Was Made

If I make the lashes dark and the eyes more bright

And the lips more scarlet or ask if all be right

From mirror after mirror, no vanity's displayed

I'm looking for the face I had before the world was made

Yes, I'm looking for the face I had before the world was

made.

What if I look upon a man as though on my beloved?

And my blood be cold the while and my heart unmoved?

Why should he think me cruel or that he is betrayed?

I'd have him love the thing that was before the world was

made

Oh, I'd have him love the thing that was before the world

was made.

Yes, I'd have him love the thing that was before the

world was made.