If I could,
I´d protect you from the sadness in your eyes,
Give you courage in a world of compromise.
Yes, I would.
If I could,

I would teach you all the things I never learned.
And I´d help you cross the bridges that I burned.
Yes, I would.

If I could,
I would try to shield your innocence from time,
But the part of life I gave you isn´t mine.
I watched you grow
So I could let you go.

If I could,
I would help you make it through the hungry years,
But I know that I can never cry your tears.
But I would
If I could.

If I live
In a time and place

Where you don´t want to be,
You don´t have to walk along this road with me.
My yesterday
Won´t have to be your way.

If I knew,
I´d have tried to change the world I brought you to,
Through there wasn´t very much that I could do.
But I still would
If I could.

If, if I could,
I would try to shield your innocence from time,
But the part of life I gave you isn´t mine.
I watched you grow
So I could let you go.

If I could,
I would help you make it through the hungry years,
But I know that I can never cry your tears.
But I would
If I could.

Yes, I would.
Yes, I would
If I could.