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Artist: Paul Simon
Canonical path: /paul-simon/el-condor-pasa
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El Condor Pasa
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El Condor Pasa
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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 could,
I surely would.
Chorus
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man grows older every day
It 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.
Chorus
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Paul Simon performs "El Condor Pasa", and this lyric page sits inside the Paul Simon catalog on LyroVerse.
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