Abraham Lincoln, i would like
to go back in time and be your wife
not because id be the first lady
but because i think youre 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 couldve been Iago and Othello
every time
i would have done your shopping for you
bought you your tall pants
i wouldve been presently affectionate
i wouldve put my hand in your long hand

and if id been on the balcony of Fords Theater
when Mr. Booth came up with gun in hand
i wouldve put my head in front of your head
 wouldve 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 youre hot shit

i know you were intelligent
telling stories all the time
and i bet wed have the same sense of humor
wed 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

BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE HAD MESSY HAIR TOGETHER

and we could have had
beautiful children together
i would have been a perfect mother
to Eddie and Willie and Tad and Robert
yeah i wouldnt of let them get the fever
or smallpox or malaria

and if id been on the balcony of Fords Theater
when Mr. Booth came up with gun in hand
i wouldve put my head in front of your head
i wouldve put my head in front of your head

and heck i wouldnt have made us go to the theater
yeah we couldve stayed home and eaten dinner
and you couldve 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 id been on the balcony of Fords Theater
when Mr. Booth came up with gun in hand
i wouldve put my head in front of your head
i wouldve put my head in front of your head

 xoxo

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 bea!