If i could lyrics

Artist  : Gordon lightfoot 
Song : If i could
 
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