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.