If I could bring you anything I’d bring a banquet for a king Cheese and wine and fruit and pies A taste of everything I’d have baked you a cake But the hacksaw didn’t fit the pan I’d bring more than I could hold In these two hands
If I could bring you anything I’d bring a meadow full of flowers Hummingbirds and dragonflies No fences for miles You’d lay on the grass Feel the sun kiss your face I’d bring the open sky Erase time and place
If I could bring you anything It would be peace of mind An ocean of serenity Freedom inside I’d bring love to the lonely Afraid to ever love again And beer for the innocent To drown their sorrows in
If I could bring you anything It would be Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mohammed, Whatever gets you through the life Good whiskey for those Who don’t believe any more And pot for those who need To think on it some more
But all I could bring Was my guitar and these songs Bread and roses for the wayward Been hungry so long I’ll take with me the memory Of the day my life was changed And the hope that when you leave this place You never come back again