I wish I could write you a happier song.
 I wish I could talk about being in love
With a woman you know cares for you so
And often still wonders if you're coming home
If baby could walk, would she be talking and running around
Breaking our hearts again?
Wanting to be what she wants and believes and seizing the day,
In ways that we'll never attain
I wish I could tell you how sorry I am,
for mistakes that I know are to hard to forgive
I wish that I could have been a much better dad
But you came too early and mommy went mad
And I sighed in relief,
 I have to admit that I was afraid,
 a second rate chicken shit
Who wants you to be,
what you want and believe and seizes the day
in ways that we'll never attain
Oh attain
Snow won't stop falling down,
Mary goes round and round
And our hearts never beat so loud As when Mary goes
If baby could walk,
would she be talking and running around
Breaking our hearts again?
Wanting to be what she wants and believes and seizing the day,
In ways that we'll never attain, oh attain
How long must I take this,
how long must I break for the world?
 For a girl?
I promised you nothing
but still i need something for words for the words
Snow won't stop falling down,
Mary goes round and round
And our hearts never beat so loud As when Mary goes