Soar high

by Julio Iglesias


A goal is never easy - the price is unseemly high,
But to hold onto your treasure can be tougher than to find;
Keep your finger on the trigger, never-ever look behind,
Or the crowd will steal your crown, leaving nothing but a sigh…

Don’t hope for a genie’s present – it’s toil, and sweat and tears,
A step on the ladder upwards, a step that you have to pay!
Don’t slip on a rocky foothold, they’ll drop you for hate or fear,
Don’t you stumble on the dance floor, take it home all the way!

Soar, my friend, forever higher! Be an eagle, not a gull;
Soar, my friend, forever higher! Be an eagle, not a gull;
Flying low you’re shot and gulped, for the heart their bullet fires.
Flying low you’re shot and gulped, for the heart their bullet fires.

Soar faster, soar higher, when the wind is yours to glide,
Fly away from chains of iron, fly to countries far and wide;
If you stay upon the ground, you’re shackled for the tide –
Gates are shut, your dreams are ground, you’re caged and trapped inside…

Don’t hope for a genie’s present – it’s toil, and sweat and tears,
A step on the ladder upwards, a step that you have to pay;
Don’t slip on a rocky foothold, they’ll drop you for hate or fear,
Don’t you stumble on the dance floor, take it home all the way!

Soar, my friend, forever higher! Be an eagle, not a gull;
Soar, my friend, forever higher! Be an eagle, not a gull;
Flying low you’re shot and gulped, for the heart their bullet fires.
Flying low you’re shot and gulped, for the heart their bullet fires.

            

Melody and song in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFO0cFFdVDk

Lyrics translated from Spanish by Vladimir Reznikov