Abraham Lincoln

I would like

to go back in time and be your wife

not because I'd be the first lady

but because I think you're charming

I know you were an unhappy man

few marry old they say

but I could have made you a happy man

that laughed and danced and sang

And I

would have recited Shakespeare with you

let you read all the good lines

you could've been Iago and Othello

every time

I would have done your shopping for you

bought you your tall pants

I would've been presently affectionate

I would've put my hand in your long hand

and if I'd been on the balcony of Fords Theater

when Mr. Booth came up with gun in hand

I would've put my head in front of your head

I would've put my head in front of your head

Abraham Lincoln

I would like

to go back in time and be your wife

not because you saved the Union

but because I think you're hot shit

I know you were intelligent

telling stories all the time

and I bet we'd have the same sense of humor

we'd laugh until we cried

And I

would have spent hours combing your hair

putting every one in place

but if you got nervous and messed it up

it would have been okay

and we could have had

messy hair together

and we could have had

beautiful children together

but I would have been a perfect mother

to Eddie and Willie and Tad and Robbert

yeah I wouldn't of let them get the fever

or smallpox or malaria

and if I'd been on the balcony of Fords Theater

when Mr. Booth came up with gun in hand

I would've put my head in front of your head

I would've put my head in front of your head

and heck I wouldn't have made us go to the theater

yeah we could've stayed home and eaten dinner

and you could've resigned the presidency

devoted the rest of your life to me

yeah we could have left Oh, Washington forever

and we could have grown older and older together

but if I'd been on the balcony of Fords Theater

when Mr. Booth came up with gun in hand

I would've put my head in front of your head

I would've put my head in front of your head