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.