If I was
If I was a sailor, I would sail to you
You would be my North star, upon the ocean blue When stormy seas beset me, you would be my calm And guide me to the harbour, keep me safe from harm. If I was a tinker, not a penny to my name I know that you'd still love me, wouldn't falter or complain Hand in hand we'd travel, sunshine warm upon my face The gentle wind upon my back, living on God's grace Oh, if I was Oh, if I was If I was a tailor, I'd sew a coat of dreams Cut from the finest silken cloth, no needlework or seams And you'd wrap that coat about me, a fairytale cocoon Woven to each other by the silver stranded moon |
If I was a soldier, you'd shield me from the curse
Of bloody memories in my mind, and vain, heroic verse When battle guns would wake me, and bitter tears I'd weep You'd heal my troubled spirit, and whisper me to sleep Oh, if I was Oh, if I was But as I am a mother, a sister and a wife A husband and a father, me myself, and I In all my inconsistencies, whomever I may be Tinker, tailor, solider, sailor You're the one for me Oh, if I was Oh, if I was |