If I Want You Now Lyrics

Lyric discussion by JohnWind 

Cover art for If I Want You Now lyrics by Steve Forbert

What a beautiful, mysterious song. Such a tender song.. Such a universal feeling, to want someone we can't have. But that is why he is wanting her? If he " had" her, he would not want her?. I don't get it. But it seems to be about a life partner: "Who's built his world/ Around your green eyed laugh lines" Ah, I see, it's about a past love...and he is asking who is the person now, who is having a similar love towards her he once had...