Wouldn’t it be nice if I’d swapped “I do’s”
With my high school sweetheart ‘way back when?
And wouldn’t it be nice to stand in my shoes
If our names had been the same since then?

We could’ve had a great time raising kids together:
Holly, Hank and twins named Heath and Heather.

Wouldn’t it be nice if my whole lifetime
Had been spent with her each day and night?
Don’t you know if she had been my wife, I’m
Sure we’d always treat each other right.

And if we quarreled we’d soon mend our fences—
We’d never go to bed with differences.
Oh, wouldn’t it be nice?

Maybe if I hadn’t let her go this could’ve all come true.
And maybe then there wouldn’t be so much that I can’t help but rue.

’Cause if we’d been married
I know we’d be happy
Oh, wouldn’t it be nice?

(Ba bababa bababa baba … )

And though I have to live my life without her,
With ev’ry passing day I dream about her.
Who could be a doubter?
Oh, wouldn’t it be nice?

( Ba bababa bababa baba … )