If Only…
If
only… he’d got out of bed in the mornings
And
gone for a run in the sunshine
Just
a few miles to get the heart beating
And
the muscles more finely toned
If
only… he’d never started smoking
And
forsaken the twenty a day
Given
his lungs a break from the poison
And
avoided the tobacco and tar
If
only… he’d not developed a taste for the beer
Not
drunk so many pints in a night
Missed
out on the intake of alcohol
Ah,
yes, if only he’d looked after himself better
He
might have led a healthier life
If
only… he had taken his chances
When
they had presented themselves
Had
taken the risk by gambling
Double
or quits on the turn of a card
If
only… he had backed the horses that won
The
ones that romped home by a mile
Or
piled in another few coins
To
the machine that was due to pay out
If
only… he’d remembered to buy a ticket
And
pick out his usual numbers
That
week they came up in the lottery
A
double roll-over jackpot
Ah,
yes, if only he’d speculated
He
might have been so much wealthier
If
only… he’d been brave enough
To
speak his mind when he saw her
To
ask her to walk out with him
And
to be the special one in his life
If
only… he’d been sure enough
To
value her above all of the others
To
want to spend the rest of his life with her
And
given her the whole of his heart
If
only… he’d asked her to marry him
And
set up a home life together
To
have and to hold from that day forward
Ah,
yes, if only he’d asked her
He
might have been much luckier in love
If
only… he’d seized life by the scruff of the neck
If
only… he’d squeezed out the juice of the fruit
If
only… he’d tried that little bit harder
Things
might have been so much different for him
He
might have been healthier,
Wealthier
and loved by the world
He
might have felt a sense of fulfilment
That
he’d drained life to the dregs
That
he’d truly lived
Ah,
yes, if only…
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