If I could..

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