If I Could Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot

If I Could Lyrics

    If i could sing like the poets and kings of this world
    If i could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea
    I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody
    And let you dream away till the morning light returned again
    To take you away from me
    If i could speak with the tongues of the masters of old
    If i could tame all the fleeting perceptions i hold
    Would i stand in the marketplace before
    To be shouted down without any warning at all, to be stood by the wall
    And shot by the man in blue

    If i could run with the grace of a sun-colored stallion
    If i could fly like the great silver jets in the morning
    If i caused the wind to change with one wave of my hand
    And if i could play the final symphony and set it free
    Would it mean anything to you

    If i could stand like a rusty old man in his armor
    If i could ride the steed that he rode in his time
    I would turn his head away to the river
    And let him wander through the meadow grass, wild and free
    For everyone to see

    If i could sing like the poets and kings of this world
    If i could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea
    I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody
    And let you dream away till the morning light returned again
    To take you away from me

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