If I could invent a time machine I'd go back and change a few things I'd be there that cold and rainy night To make sure Patsy Cline didn't fly And I would divert a Dallas parade And for a little longer we'd have JFK And on my way back from the past to the now I would swing by and stop off at our house And I wouldn't say what I said on the day you left me What a better place this world would be If I had a time machine Don't know the danger or the consequence I might create if I altered events But take a look at this ol' world we've got You'd have to admit it'd be worth a shot One stop in New York and Lennon still dreams Two stops in Memphis and long live two kings And on my way back from the past to the now I would swing by and stop off at our house And I wouldn't say what I said on the day you left me What a better place this world would be If I had a time machine What a better place this world would be If I had a time machine A time machine