Bottle Of Time
(Klaus Caprani)

Stars awake on that big blue umbrella –
to mummy it’s the sky
You, little friend, are falling asleep with the day –
I’ll sit by your side
In a little while, littered with thousands of dreams –
You’ll be up and out playing again
While I’m left behind, now I’m just markin’ time –
When you’re older it’s not quite the same

Sandcastles stood in the yard yesterday –
Now they’re all spread and scattered
Your playfulness turns towards dolls by the day –
Leavin’ your teddybears tattered
Soon you’re at school, what happened to that little girl? –
I can no longer see her
Like my own distant youth, dissolving in haze –
Fading in my rearview mirror

You should save up a bottle of time
now it’s there for the takin’
And leave it to ripen and sweeten for years,
when reading gets rough
And the old bones are achin’

Rain is drumming so hard on the roof –
you’re warm and cosy inside
You’re drifting off to fairyland –
miles beyond the night
For now we’re living in parrallel worlds –
me on earth, you on cloud nine
Sweet dreams little girl ‘till you catch up with me –
somewhere again down the line

You should save up a bottle of time
now it’s there for the takin’
And leave it to ripen and sweeten for years,
when the going gets tough
And the old bones are achin’

You should save up a bottle of time
now it’s there for the takin’
And leave it to ripen and sweeten for years,
when reading gets rough
And the old bones are achin’