One Of These Things First

[Verse 1]

I could have been a sailor

I could have been a cook

A real live lover

Could have been a book

I could have been a signpost

I could have been a clock

As simple as a kettle

Steady as a rock

[Chorus]

I could be here and now

I would be, I should be

But how?

I could have been

One of these things first

(One of these things first)

[Verse 2]

I could have been your pillar

Could have been your door

I could have stayed beside you

Could have stayed for more

Could have been your statue

I could have been your friend

A whole long lifetime

Could have been the end

[Chorus]

I could have been yours so true

I would be, I should be through and through

I could have been

One of these things first

(One of these things first)

(One of these things first)

(One of these things first)

(One of these things first)