If I Had My Time Again

Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin


If I had my time again
There'd be no days wasted
In playing hard to get
As for now, all I regret
Are the joys untasted

If I had my time again
You would find me bolder
Not hard to get to know
On the mark, all set to go
And no cold shoulder

     We've been told in every generation
     By the ladies in the magazines
     To keep our distance, keep our fascination
     Well, they can tell it to the marines

If I had my time again
It could mean disaster
I'd be burning to begin
I guess I wouldn't always win
But at least I'd be moving faster
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