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If I Were A Carpenter Lyrics

Artist: Johnny Cash
Album: The Essential Johnny Cash

If I were a carpenter
and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?

If a tinker were my trade
would you still find me,
carrin' the pots I made,
followin' behind me.

Save my love through loneliness,
Save my love for sorrow,
I'm given you my onliness,
Come give your tomorrow.

If I worked my hands in wood,
Would you still love me?
Answer me babe, "Yes I would,
I'll put you above me."

If I were a miller
at a mill wheel grinding,
would you miss your color box,
and your soft shoe shining?

If I were a carpenter
and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
Would you marry anyway?
Would you have my baby?

Comments/Interpretations

by Jock on 3/21/2011 10:47pm
the lyrics were written by Tim Hardin, and was first recorded by him in 1967 as the first cut first side of Tim Hardin 2.