ŠPaul Simon, Jorge Milchberg, and Daniel A. Robles, released on Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) 1970
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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.
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[Chorus:]
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
Its saddest sound,
Its saddest sound.
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I'd rather be a forest than a street.
Yes I would.
If I could,
I surely would.
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I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet,
Yes I would.
If I only could,
I surely would.
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