If I were a candy dish, I'd wanna be the one you keep your sweets in, my sweet man And if I were a lamp, I'd wanna be the one you turned on every night, ooh ooh baby And if I were a bank, I'd wanna hold all your deposits And if I were a rose, I might be growing in your garden Baby, this ain't nothin' new that I'm sayin' to ya, no It's just another way of tellin' you that I love you Doesn't matter how I say it (doesn't matter how I say it), It's what I say that matters (it's what I say that matters) And I love you, love you, love you boy, doesn't matter how I say it I love you, love you, love you boy, doesn't matter how I say it If I were a pillow babe, I'd wanna be the one You rest your head on, and dream on And if I were a mountain reachin' high I'd wanna be the one you climb, ooh ooh baby And if I were a pipe, I'd wanna be the one you're smokin' And if I were a place, I'd wanna be the place your goin' I love you, oh I love you, love you, love you boy, doesn't matter how I say it