If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
If I worked my hands in wood
I wonder would you still love me?
I say yes, I would
I'll put you above me
That's what I want you to say
And would you save
My love from loneliness
Would you save my love
From sorrow, if you would
I give you my onlyness, girl
And all of my tomorrows
If a tinker were my trade
Would you still find me?
Carrying the pots
And the pans that I made
Walking along the highway
That long lonely highway
If I was a carpenter
And you were a lady
And I was just a carpenter
Instead of
A rock and roll star
Just a carpenter
A carpenter
A carpenter
Si yo fuera un carpintero
Y fueras una dama
¿Te casarías conmigo de todos modos?
¿Tendrías a mi bebé?
Si trabajara mis manos en madera
Me pregunto si todavía me amarías
Yo digo que si lo haría
Te pondré por encima de mi
Eso es lo que quiero que digas
Y te salvarías
Mi amor desde la soledad
Salvarías mi amor
De la pena, si pudieras
Te doy mi unicidad niña
Y todos mis mañanas
Si un calderero fuera mi oficio
¿Todavía me encontrarías?
Llevando las ollas
Y las cacerolas que hice
Caminando por la carretera
Esa larga y solitaria carretera
Si yo fuera carpintero
Y eras una dama
Y yo solo era carpintero
En vez de
Una estrella del rock and roll
Solo un carpintero
Un carpintero
Un carpintero