I wish I had a dollar

[Bob Pacey]

I wish I had a dolllar for very thought I've had.
Cause if I had a dollar, you know I would be glad
And if I had those dollars we could both have even shares
a happy little couple cause we'd both be millionaires.


Bob

[Neville Briggs]

Bob, The organising principle of verse is the metre, not the sentences or the sense. So your written verse needs to show the organising principle, ( unless like Matt you have a very sophisticated and justifiable reason for varying that )

I wish I had a dollar
for every thought I've had.
'Cause if I had a dollar,
you know I would be glad.
And if I had those dollars we
could both have even shares;
a happy little couple, cause
we'd both be millionaires.


That's how ( I think ) you set out the metric organisation in writing. As you can see the sound of sense cuts across the metre in lines 5-6 and 7-8. You wouldn't pause at the end of every line when you are saying the poem out loud.
That's called enjambment, very handy to learn how to do that effectively.

I think practicing small neat verses like this is a good choice to get the hang of the metric structure. I think you are doing well.