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.