If Songtext
von Cage

If I′ve been wiser
I wouldn't have believed your fibs
When I was younger
All those words on your dry lips

Tell me what your mind can see
Faces running through the night
Whispers and voices are fading in the light
Shadows of an ancient world

Wake at dawn
You′re not alone
Somewhere under the reign of all men
See green birds flying
Oh why, why, why can't I?
Open my eyes


I have lost my voice
If fortune's not in tune
No one, no man will be mute
Said all myself

My boy, your feeling
Life′s giving all itself
I thought I lived with sacrifice
Maybe my love told me lies
But tonight my soul wants to cry

Shadows of an ancient world
Wake at dawn
You′re not alone
Somewhere under the reign of all men

Should a bird fly
So why, why don't I?