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.