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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

 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

 It s 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 only 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

 It s saddest sound