CHORUS
Away, I'd rather sail away
[Like a swan (that's here and gone)]
A man grows older [every day]
He gives the world
Its saddest sound,
Its 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 could], I surely would.