[Verse 1: Joel Smallbone]
Wide awake while the world is sound asleepin'
Too afraid of what might show up while you're dreamin'
Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you
Nobody, nobody would believe you
Every day you try to pick up all the pieces
All the memories, they somehow never leave you
Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you
Nobody, nobody would believe you

[Chorus: Dolly Parton, with Joel and Luke Smallbone]
God only knows what you been through
God only knows what they say about you
God only knows how it's killin' you
But there's a kinda love that God only knows
God only knows what you've been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
'Cause there's a kinda love that God only knows

[Post-Chorus: Dolly Parton]
There's a kinda love that
There's a kinda love

[Verse 2: Joel Smallbone & Dolly Parton]
You keep a cover over every single secret
So afraid if someone saw them, they would leave
But somebody, somebody, somebody sees you
Somebody, somebody will never leave you
[Chorus: Dolly Parton & Joel Smallbone, with Luke Smallbone]
God only knows what you've been through
God only knows what they say about you
God only knows how it's killin' you
But there's a kinda love that God only knows
God only knows what you've been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
'Cause there's a kinda love that God only knows

[Post-Chorus: Dolly Parton & Joel Smallbone]
There's a kinda love that
There's a kinda love
God only knows
There's a kinda love that
There's a kinda love

[Bridge: Luke Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Dolly Parton, Joel & Luke Smallbone & Dolly Parton]
For the lonely, for the ashamed
The misunderstood, and the ones to blame
What if we could start over?
We could start over, we could start over
Oh, for the lonely, for the ashamed
The misunderstood, and the ones to blame
What if we could start over?
We could start over, we could start over
'Cause there's a kinda love that God only knows
[Chorus: Joel and Luke Smallbone & Dolly Parton]
God only knows what you've been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
'Cause there's a kinda love that God only knows
God only knows what you've been through
God only knows what they say about you
But God only knows the real you
'Cause here's a kinda love that God only knows

[Post-Chorus: Dolly Parton & Joel Smallbone]
There's a kinda love that
There's a kinda love
God only knows
There's a kinda love that
There's a kinda love

[Outro: Dolly Parton]
God only knows where to find you
God only knows how to break through
God only knows the real you
There's a kinda love that God only knows