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 bullets 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 nine to two 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 'em 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 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'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