Lazy Afternoon

It's a lazy afternoon
And the beetle bugs are zooming
And the tulip trees are blooming
And there's not another human in view,
But us two
It's a lazy afternoon
And the farmer leaves his reaping
And the meadow cows are sleeping
And the speckled trouts stop leaping up stream
As we dream
A far pink cloud hangs over the hill
Unfolding like a rose
If you hold my hand and sit real still,
You can hear the grass as it grows
It's a hazy afternoon
And i know a place that's quiet, except for daisies running riot
And there's no one passing by it to see
Come spend this lazy afternoon with me

last month
While thinking of love
I wrote him some words and mailed them away
But the next day
I found at my door a letter from spain
He'd sent long before
And his note read
I haven't heard from you in weeks
I must assume that you no longer care
Too bad that's it, goodbye
It's just amazing
How loving can fail
From letters that cross in the mail
A life, a love, a chance to win it all
Can pass you by, in the foreign scene
And you think you'll find your fate tomorrow night
And he finds somebody else in-between
I sat with swords in my heart
And pen in a hand i wrote
I'm glad that we're through
Full of hate i mailed it
But then in a week a letter arrived
With love did it speak
And his note read
I loved the tender words you sent
It seems i wronged you please forgive me
I'll return, i should leave soon
But oh, i know now that he'll never sail
Our letters will cross in the mail
It's just amazing
How time brings a loss
And loving can fail
Like letters that cross in the mail...

A child is born
We've suddenly stepped through
A thousand dolls
A child is born
Her chin is like mine
But her eyes are yours
How perfectly formed are her fingers
So far reach, so much to know
What words will be formed by her fingers
We'll hold her close
Then let her go
How sweet to find
A part of ourselves
We knew nothing of
A child is born
A child that is born of our love

Whatever you are you're going to be
Whatever you are is all right with me
You're going to be what you want anyway
These are the words i heard my father say
When i was a young girl and shy of men
He said when you're ready you'll know just when
And when i was taken and thrown away
There wasn't a reason to face the day

And he said:
Whatever you are you're going to be
Whatever you are is all right with me
You're going to be what you want anyway
These are the words i heard my father say

My father soul is clear and easy
And though he's gone, he lives in my heart
When i go wrong i swear he sees me
And he smiles for a start and he says:

Whatever you are i'm here by your side
My life is a rope that won't come untied
Oh i'm going to stand by you right or wrong
These are the words within my father's song
These are the words within my father's song

There are songs that sound like movies
There are themes that fill the screen
There are lines i say that sound as if they're written
There are looks i wear the theater should have seen
But though i've made my life a movie
The matinee must end by five
And i must stagger out into the blinding sunlight half alive
Wishing i were back inside the picture show
There where it's always night
Notice how the screen is wide
The second role i've said around too tight
Will i stay? yes, i might

Oh widescreen wider on my eyes
Lie my mind with lies
Find the world like nothing that i've seen
Oh widescreen dreams are just my sighs
As we walk from out the movie
Are we acting out a scene
Does the orchestra play chords
When we start loving?
Do we move just like slow motion
On the screen?
Life's a constant disappointment
When you live on celluloid
But my movie expectations are a dream i can't avoid
Waiting for a man to say the things
That i heard in the film last night
But he doesn't want to play the role
And he can't pick his cues up right
Will i dream? yes, i might!
Oh widescreen winding round my eyes
Blinding me with lies
Finding i've been fooled by what i've seen
No, widescreen dreams are more than you
How can lies be true?
All we have is life and mind
And love we find with a friend
Oh let the movie end...