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  Lucy June 10, 2010 11:52

  El Condor Pasa
  
  
  I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail,
  Yes, I would,
  If I could,
  I surely would . . . hmm
  
  I'd rather be a hammer than a nail,
  Yes, I would,
  If I only could,
  I surely would . . . hmm
  
  Away, I'd rather sail away,
  Like a swan that's here and gone . . .
  A man gets tied up to the ground,
  He gives the world it's saddest sound,
  It's saddest sound . . . hmm
  
  < instrumental break >
  
  I'd rather be a forest than a street,
  Yes, I would,
  If I could,
  I surely would . . . hmm
  
  I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet,
  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 tied up to the ground,
  He gives the world it's saddest sound,
  It's saddest sound . . .
  
  < instrumental break >
  
  I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet,
  Yes, I would,
  If I only could,
  I surely would . . .
  
  Yes I would . . .
  
  Original English Lyrics by Paul Simon
  Arrangement of 18th Century Peruvian folk melody by Jorge Milchberg
  Notated in 1916 by Daniel Alomias Robles