If I Could-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:If I Could] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:Back Here On Earth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]If I Could (若我可以) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:04.35]Written by：Gordon Lightfoot [00:08.71]If I could sing like the poets and kings of this world [00:13.03] [00:16.70]If I could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea [00:21.42] [00:25.66]I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody [00:30.29] [00:34.14]And let you dream away till the morning light returned again [00:40.67] [00:41.19]To take you away from me [00:43.96] [00:49.78]If I could speak with the tongues of the masters of old [00:54.47] [00:58.14]If I could tame all the fleeting perceptions I hold [01:03.18] [01:06.93]Would I stand in the marketplace before you [01:11.72] [01:15.05]To be shouted down without any warning at all to be stood by the wall [01:22.63]And shot by the man in blue [01:25.20] [01:35.48]If I could run with the grace of a sun colored stallion [01:40.24] [01:43.67]If I could fly like the great silver jets in the morning [01:48.42] [01:52.35]If I caused the wind to change with one wave of my hand [01:57.51] [02:00.61]And if I could play the final symphony and set it free [02:07.12] [02:07.63]Would it mean anything to you [02:10.83] [02:20.90]If I could stand like a rusty old man in his armor [02:25.81] [02:29.21]If I could ride the steed that he rode in his time [02:33.68] [02:37.89]I would turn his head away to the river [02:42.23] [02:46.52]And let him wander through the meadow grass wild and free [02:53.62]For everyone to see [02:56.58] [03:06.43]If I could sing like the poets and kings of this world [03:10.97] [03:14.77]If I could fly like the wind or the tides of the sea [03:19.19] [03:23.36]I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody [03:28.38] [03:32.01]And let you dream away till the morning light returned again [03:39.12]To take you away from me