Come live with me
Up in my tree
What is this life
Just a pop-up book
The kettle’s on
And the telephone’s off the hook
What do you know

Here’s what I know

As long as you are on my side
This flower world will open wide
The light will charge the darkening tide
So stay
On my side

And we will go
Dash through the snow
What is this place
Just a curve in time
And time will pass
While I try to find the next rhyme
What do you know

Here’s what I know

As long as you are on my side
This flower world will open wide
The light will charge the darkening tide
So stay
On my side

These bright cool days
I’m painted on a silent lake
I’m greener than leaves
I’m tempting fall and I’m half-awake

As long as you are on my side
This flower world will open wide
The light will charge the darkening tide
So stay
On my side

©1999 John Newlands

Notes:
The drum track was run through
a reluctant Peavey Decade.
The guitar solo was played at a punishing dB level,
then high- and low-cut and squashed by the Micro Limiter.