"If You Love Me" — a direct blues conditional. Love proven by its actions.
If you love me
You will give your heart
Why should be apart
If you love me
If you love me
You will know the truth
I wasn't born to lose
And I love you
Affinity and communication
That makes reality
Understanding is the first thing
It means so much to me
If I love you
I will find the key
If it's meant to be
'Cause I love you
Affinity and communication
That makes reality
Understanding is the first thing
It means so much to me
If I love you
I will find the key
If it's meant to be
'Cause I love you
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- A B.B. King recording. The conditional — if you love me, then prove it — is a blues rhetorical device as old as the tradition, demanding evidence rather than declaration.