If I ever get to saginaw again, A locale thats somewhat off the beaten track. Get to see the girl I never saw again Who must know why I have never ventured back. We we young, And so alive And now I wonder if shed cling to me, Become my very own as she did then, If I ever get to saginaw again. If I ever get to saginaw again, It wont be in spring with meadows turning green. It wont be to tangle with the law again. And it wont be with someone one only seventeen, Who gave her love, And made me hers. And when you find the one youre dreaming of Who thinks to ask, "how old is love? ", Not "when" You may never get to saginaw again. If I ever get to saginaw again I will get to see son who bears my name. And perhaps Ill quietly withdraw again When I see the little man that he became. And how I yearn To watch him grow. A fathers love is maybe all it takes To not repeat those sad mistakes of men If I ever get to saginaw again