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 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 jailer

I would lock you away

Then I'd have the key to see you

Each and every day

Oh if I was a jailer

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 to stay.

I've wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I've wasted so much love

Now I wish I'd never

Learnt to play a note.

And if I had an aeroplane

Then I'd fly you away

Maybe we go to Rome or

Paris for the day

Oh if I had an aeroplane 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 9-2.

I've wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I've wasted so much love

Now I wish

I'd never learnt to play a note

Yeah I wish

I'd never learnt to play a note

Oh I wish

I'd never learnt to play a note.

I've wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I've wasted so much love

Oh I wish

I'd never learnt to play a note.

And if I was a writer

I would write the book on you

I'd tell them all the stories of

The things 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 painter do

Oh if I was a painter

I'd paint potraits of you.

I've wasted so much time

Writing songs and playing on my guitar

I've wasted so much love

Now I wish

I'd never learnt to play a note

Yeah I wish

I'd never learnt to play a note

Oh I wish

I'd never learnt to play a note.