Tulip

                                  Are you lit from the inside 

Is that why your teeth are bright? 

You smile as the sunsets on the window 

And the car fills up with light 

Make a smile tulip, don't think of me 

As something that's passed



I am not written in the book, 

But I intend to last 

And as the sun comes up you know 

It's really going down

You only framed it incorrectly, 

Now you cannot turn it round 



If there's enough of us here left, 

Then we'll drive it into town 

And when we pass the field of tulips, 

Then I'll put the knuckle down. 

Don't frown tulip 

Make a smile



Don't frown tulip

You know it's all worthwhile 

There are lions by the roadside, 

I was driving with my father

Through a dream of French forests



And all is warmth and solace

And all said He is with us

But always sad and serious 

Standing outside in the garden, 

Pained and peerless 

  

Don't frown tulip

Make a smile 

Don't frown tulip 

You know it's all worthwhile 

Make a smile at the end of your tether 

This was never gonna last forever 



The woods all were peopled 

With daughters and sons 

The teeming uncounted 

And unchosen ones 

Who don't dance anymore

They just move around in bubbles 



And nobody notices 

Nobody's troubles 

Nobody notices 

Nobody's troubles 

Don't frown tulip

Make a smile 

Don't frown tulip

You know it's all worthwhile 

Make a smile at the end of your tether 

This was never gonna last forever 

Don't frown tulip 

Don't frown tulip