If I Could Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

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