[music: C. Rosso-F. Torchia/lyrics: A. Marchisio]
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[adapted from the XIIIth century Italian sonnet "S'i' fosse foco" by Cecco Angiolieri]
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If I were fire, I'd burn the world;
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If I were wind, I'd pester it;
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If I were water, I'd sink it;
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If I were God, I'd plunge it;
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If I were the Pope, I'd be gay,
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'cause I'd torment all the Christians;
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if I were emperor, I'd be good:
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'cause everybody's heads I would cut down.
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If I were fire, If I were fire
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If I were fire, If I were fire
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If I were death, I'd go to my father;
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If I were life, I'd flee him:
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I'd do the same with my mother.
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If I were myself, as I am and was,
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I'd take the young and beautiful gals:
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The crippled and old I'd leave to others.
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If I were fire, If I were fire
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If I were fire, If I were fire
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If I Were Fire (S'i' Fosse Foco)
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| Desdemona |
