Christy Moore - Lightning Bird, Wind, River Man lyrics

If I was a bolt of lightning I'd
Shoot right down and split the sky
My energy would burn so bright
T'would illuminate the darkest night
Maybe I'll come back as one
Half a second I'll be gone
I'll zap the earth
Light up the sea with a bolt of electricity

If I was a bird upon the wing
The sweetest songs you'd hear me sing
I'd fill the air with secret words in
A language no one's ever heard
Round and round the tune would ring
The melody reverberating
Mesmerising and absurd
More like and angеl than a bird

But today I don't want to
Be anything else but mysеlf
Today I'm a little bit of all these things
There's a little bit of all
These things in me
I've got them all in my hand
I'm a lightning, bird, wind, river man
If I was a gust of wind I'd blow
Around the world three times or so
I'd gather up a million leaves and
Make a sculpture on the breeze
So beautiful that god would want to
Know how it was made
Would offer me a handsome price to
Be the wind in paradise

If I was a river I would be
A raging river wild and free
Across the waterfalls I'd flow and
Rush the rapids down below
So treacherous would be my wrath you would
Not want to cross my path
I'd run so fast into the sea the
Waves would be seen on Mercury