If I were a desert flower
All winter long I´d pain and cower
Spring would make me sing
My voice would ring
As tiny buds begin to bloom
In spring I´d blossom and forget
the winter´s gloom.

If I were a brook of water
Kissed by the frost along my borders
Spring would make me sing
My voice would ring
As I´d release my icy chains
In spring I´d bubble and forget
the winter´s rain.

Refrain:
But I am only a child of man
I am only a child of man
Just an innocent child of man

Don´t look so surprised
as my eyes
shine and glow
It´s the sunlight in the skies
that is making me so. (bis)

If I were a joyful songbird
all winter long, so cold and so somber
Spring would make me sing
my voice would ring
like tiny bells on scarvesof silk
a song as beautiful an pure
as mother´s milk

Refrain:
But I am only a child of man
I am only a child of man
Just an innocent child of man

Don´t look so surprised
as my eyes
shine and glow
It´s the sunlight in the skies
that is making me so. (bis)

Don´t be surprised
by this look in my eyes
like a flower or three
I will bloom in the spring
I will shed all my woes
As the green grass grows
like a flower or three
I will throw my head back
and sing! (ter)