El Condor Pasa Lyrics

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

Perry Como - And I Love You So/It's Impossible

May 2001

1. Killing Me Softly With Her Song
2. Aubrey
3. Sing
4. I Want to Give
5. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree
6. I Thought About You
7. It All Seems to Fall Into Line
8. I Believe In Music
9. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
10. Snowbird
11. A House Is Not a Home
12. Everybody Is Looking for an Answer
13. El Condor Pasa
14. I Think I Love You
15. We've Only Just Begun
16. And I Love You So
17. For the Good Times
18. It's Impossible
19. Something
20. (They Long to Be) Close to You