If I Should Fly

If I Should Fly

If I should fly, I’d be like that little bird that visits my porch
No bigger than a small lemon, this bird sings with the voice of a small child
It flies as fast as a small car
It defends its space like a small bear

Or perhaps if I should fly, I’d choose to be a frigate bird
These pirates of the sky never need to touch land or water
I’d like to soar over the ocean day and night
I’d steal food from ships and other birds
Then sail away on massive wings

But without a doubt, if I should fly, a wondrous choice would be the tiniest hummingbird
Fierce but mighty, defender of the honey
Champion of the smallest creatures
Traveling forward and backward with blinding speed

So if I should fly, I should travel definitely as a bird
I shall don all the colors of the rainbow
I shall sing all the notes in the songbook
Then I shall fly around the world forever and ever

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