If I Could Only Play the Game

I could live up on a lofty peak

Ski all night and sleep all day

Wait on tables to earn my keep

If I could only play the game...

I could work in a downtown office

Shuffling papers that all look the same

Take long lunches and dress for success

If I could only play the game

I could have three lovely children

Be a family all with the same last name

Buy my dinette curtains at K_Mart

If I could only play the game....

I could open up a deck of cards

Shuffle them so they would never be the same

Win hands down at every go around

If I could only play the game...

I could be an army captain

Follow my orders whenever they came

Retire at forty with a comfortable pension

If I could only play the game....but I could never play that game, I could never play that game

I could be a TV actress

Live a life of wealth and fame

Winter in Mexico, summer in Monaco

If I could only play the game....

But I’m just a lowly folksinger

And if I have nothing, I have only myself to blame

Maybe someday I’ll get famous like Pete Seeger

If I can only play the game....