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.