Another World

It's like another world

A world above it all

It's closer to the sun, who sleeps just down the hall

It's like another world

As quiet as you please

Those clouds might carry us, let's catch one in the trees

It's like another world

Where we can always be at ease

The rooftops are a moor, that runs for miles

And no-one's really sure what lies beneath the tiles

The doves are ponies here, they're waitin' just outside

They're from another world, hop on and have a ride

Those chimneys over there, are huge cigars

They puff into the air, the sun, and moon, and stars

It's like another world

And when the sun is faint, the factories shiver in their shabby coats of paint

And when it rains, the little raindrops take such pains

To pitter-patter something awfully nice

A laughing matter is repeated twice

And when it's done, sometimes a rainbow starts towards the sun

It climbs up onto that cathedral dome

And heads for home

It's like another world

A nursery rhyme

A dream that comes unfurled a little at a time

It's like another world

But under one big sky

Somewhere papa can see, the sun that shines on me

And from another world he'll come for me

But by-and-by

I'm from another world

This attic isn't mine

However close the sun, she doesn't want to shine

I'm from another world

And even if I brag, those clouds will never come to carry me away

I dream another world

But dreams don't last the day

I love another world

But be that as it may

I fear this attic world

Maybe the world

Where I shall stay