“If You Only Knew” is a song recorded by Tony Rice, the guitarist and singer whose playing reshaped bluegrass lead guitar. It appeared on his 1984 album “Cold on the Shoulder.”
The song turns on something the singer has kept hidden — a feeling, or a hurt, that the other person cannot see. If you only knew, the lyric says again and again, holding all that goes unspoken between two people.
“Cold on the Shoulder” was one of the albums that defined Rice’s sound.
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