| If I was a better man | |
| Would fellow men take me to their hearts | |
| If I was a stronger man | |
| Carrying the weight of popular demand | |
| Tell me would that alarm her | |
| I'd never harm her at all | |
| If I was a soldier | |
| Captive arms I'd lay before her | |
| If I was a sailor | |
| Seven oceans I'd sail to her | |
| If I was a wiser man | |
| Would other men reach out and touch me | |
| If I was a kinder man | |
| Dishing up love for a hungry world | |
| Tell me would that appease her | |
| I want to please her again | |
| If I was a painter | |
| I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her | |
| If I was a leader | |
| On food of love from above I would feed her | |
| If I was a poet | |
| All my love in burning words I would show it | |
| If I was her lover | |
| Her eyes in kisses I would cover | |
| Come here my baby | |
| Oh they can't touch you now | |
| I'll keep you safe and warm | |
| I'll never leave you at all | |
| Come here my baby | |
| Oh they won't touch you | |
| Dishing up love for a hungry world | |
| Tell me would that appease you | |
| I want to please you again | |
| If I was a soldier | |
| Captive arms I'd lay before her | |
| If I was a sailor | |
| Seven oceans I'd sail to her | |
| If I was a painter | |
| I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her | |
| If I was a leader | |
| On food of love from above I would feed her | |
| If I was a poet | |
| All my love in burning words I would show it |