El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 5ra 

Cover art for El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could) lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel

i understaind that he'd rather be a forrest than a street (it sounds kinda ethnic, like mexican maybe, and eho wouldnt pick the forrest =o) ?) , but rather being a hammer than a nail? what an option???