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