IF I HAD TAKEN
THE TIME
TO WRITE DOWN
A FEW LINES
EVERY TIME THAT
YOU CROSS
THIS HEART OF MINE
AND PUT THEM
ALL IN A BOOK
HOW MUCH TIME WOULD
THAT HAVE TOOK
THE WORDS AND
YEARS HAVE A WAY
OF SLIPPING BY
OH NO BUT TOO BAD
THERE GOES THE
CHANCE THAT I HAD
I COULD HAVE
WRITTEN A PLAY
SO SWEET AND
SO FUNNY
GIVEN OLD
MR SHAKESPEARE
A RUN FOR
HIS MONEY
WRITTEN THE WORDS
TO THE PRETTIEST TUNE
THAT WOULD
NEVER LEAVE
A DRY EYE IN THE ROOM
MY ONLY EXCUSE FOR
NOT DOING ENOUGH
WELL I WAS TOO
BUSY BEIN' IN LOVE
YES I WAS TOO
BUSY BEIN' IN LOVE
BRAND NEW
PHRASES APPEAR
EVERY TIME
YOU ARE NEAR
ALL THESE WORDS
YOU INSPIRE
AFTER ALL
THESE YEARS
BUT I NEVER
REACH FOR A PEN
BREAK THE MOOD
THAT I'M IN
BEFORE I KNEW IT THE
WORDS WERE GONE AGAIN
OH NO TOO BAD
THERE GOES THE
CHANCE THAT I HAD
I COULD HAVE
WRITTEN A PLAY
SO SWEET
AND SO FUNNY
GIVEN OLD MR
SHAKESPEARE
A RUN FOR HIS MONEY
WRITTEN THE WORDS TO
THE PRETTIEST TUNE
THAT WOULD
NEVER LEAVE
A DRY EYE IN
THE ROOM
MY ONLY EXCUSE FOR
NOT DOING ENOUGH
I WAS TOO BUSY
BEIN' IN LOVE
YES I WAS TOO BUSY
BEIN' IN LOVE
OOH OOH OOH OOH
I COULD HAVE
WRITTEN A POEM
TO MAKE YOUNG
LOVERS CRAZY
I COULD HAVE
WRITTEN A MOVIE
FOR HEPBURN
AND TRACY
A BEAUTIFUL SONG
AND IT STARTS
WITH YOUR NAME
WRITTEN MY WAY INTO
FORTUNE AND FAME
BUT I'VE NO REGRETS
FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH
I WAS TOO BUSY
BEIN' IN LOVE
YES I WAS TOO
BUSY BEIN' IN LOVE
OOH OOH OOH