If I Were Fire (S'i' Fosse Foco) lyrics

Song information

Artist: Desdemona
Album: Lady Of The Lore

Lyrics

[Music: c. rosso-f. torchia/lyrics: a. marchisio]
[Adapted from the xiiith century italian sonnet "s'i' fosse foco" by cecco angiolieri]

If I were fire, I'd burn the world;
If I were wind, I'd pester it;
If I were water, I'd sink it;
If I were god, I'd plunge it;

If I were the pope, I'd be gay
'Cause I'd torment all the christians;
If I were emperor, I'd be good:
'Cause everybody's heads I would cut down

If I were fire, if I were fire
If I were fire, if I were fire

If I were death, I'd go to my father;
If I were life, I'd flee him:
I'd do the same with my mother

If I were myself, as I am and was
I'd take the young and beautiful gals:
The crippled and old I'd leave to others

If I were fire, if I were fire
If I were fire, if I were fire

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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