If I built a world for you
Language: English
If I built a world for you, dear, If I built a world for you, I would make the land of popcorn, And the sea of morning dew, I would make the breeze of whispers, Of lovers as they woo, And the rose shall live forever, In the world I built for you! If I built a world for you, dear, Just a world for me and you, Then the stars should all be kisses, And the sky forever blue, And ev'ry road and rutway, With roseleaves I would strew, And love should last forever, If I built a world for you!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "If I built a world for you", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], London : Boosey & Co.
Score: Ball State University [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 102