If I Was

If I was a sailor, I would sail you out to sea

Take you across the ocean, ask you to marry me

Oh, if I was a sailor, I would sail you home to me

And if I was a soldier, I would march to war for you

I'd face every bullet and cannonball that flew

Oh, if I was a soldier, I would wage a war for you

And if I was a jailor, I would lock you away

Then I'd have the key to see you each and every day

Oh, if I was a jailor, I would still have you today

And if I was a rich man, I'd buy you flowers every day

But I am a poor man, so I'll pick them on the way

Oh, if I was a rich man, I would pay to make you stay

But I wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I wasted so much love

Now, I wish I'd never learned to play a note

And if I had a airplane, then I'd fly you away

Maybe we'd go to Rome or Paris for the day

Oh, if I had an airplane, then I'd whisk you away

And if I was a betting man, I'd bet you love me too

I'd bet everything I had for the chance to be with you

Oh, if I was a betting man, my odds are nine to two

And I've wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I wasted so much love

Now, I wish I'd never learned to play a note

Yeah, I wish I'd never learned to play a note

Oh, I wish I'd never learned to play a note

But I wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I wasted so much love

Oh, I wish I'd never learned to play a note

And if I was a writer, I would write the book on you

I'd tell 'em all the stories of the thing's we used to do

Oh, if I was a writer, I would write the book on you

And if I was a painter, I'd paint portraits of you

Hang them in the galleries like all good painters do

Oh, if I was a painter, I'd paint portraits of you

I've wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I wasted so much love

Now, I wish I'd never learned to play a note

Yeah, I wish I'd never learned to play a note

Oh, I wish I'd never learned to play a note