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El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

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El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
by Paul Simon, Jorge Milchberg, D.A. Robles
English lyrics by Paul Simon
(c) 1970 Charing Cross Music, Inc.
Arrangement of 18th-Century Peruvian
Folk Melody by Jorge Milchberg,
(c) 1933, 1963, 1970 Edward B. Marks Music Corporation and Jorge Milchberg
Instrumental Track by Los Incas

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 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 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 could,
I surely would.

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Song information

Title of song: El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
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Song originally released on: Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Appears on. . .

Bridge Over Troubled Water Greatest Hits Collected Works
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970
Greatest Hits
1972
Collected Works
1981
Old Friends The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel
Old Friends
1997
The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel
1999

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