If I Could

oh, how happy I would be

if I could be a tree

I stand up so majestically

I give you fruit and leaves of green

I'd be so wise

standing out for centuries

I would be so wise

I still be young at 103

if I could be a tree



oh, how lucky I would be

if I could be a mountain

I give my milk to the sea

and you can climb on over me

I'd be so high

with my head up in the sky

I would be so high

I never stop to wonder why

if I could be a mountain

be a mountain



oh, how happy I would be

if I could be you

now that would be something new

and you could try me for size, too

someday I guess I'll be satisfied

with my rolling light

one day I'd be so satisfied

if I could be you



oh, how happy I would be

if I could be anybody but me

just see the world differently

all I knew willingy

the sky at night

is our Sheppard's delight

the sky at night

Sheppard's pie in the sky