IF CHILDREN HAD WINGS
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1978


There's a love I hold dear
And it shines through each year
And it makes things seem different somehow.

It's for better or worse.
It's for people who thirst
For a love that burns brighter right now.

And it shines on and on 
'Til all sadness is gone
And if children had wings
I would sing them their song.

With a smile on my face
And a tear in my eye
Everything will be fine by and by.

There were things that were said
There were things that were done
And a wife cannot stand too much pain.

And what I thought was best
Couldn't please her much less
But my love still goes on, that don't change.

And it shines on and on 
'Til all sadness is gone 
And if children had wings 
I would sing them their song.

With a smile on my lips
And a tear in my eye 
Everything will be fine by and by.

And it shines on and on 
'Til all sadness is gone 
And if children had wings 
I would sing them their song.

With a smile on my face
And a tear in my eye 
Everything will be fine by and by.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)