El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

Jorge Milchberg / D. A. Robles; P. Simon


I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tired out to the ground
He gives the world
Its saddest sound
Its saddest sound

I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would


Notes:
Jorge Milchberg / D. A. Robles, 1933
English lyric Paul Simon, 1970