For Alex. and me.

We're just a hop skip and a twinkle away 

 from a magical day

 a magical way of living. 

 We're happy to say 

we've run away from a bad day 

a scary way of living. 

Come take a bow! Take my hand!

Let's run away to a land 

they say it's grand 

they say it's got it's own band 

of bandits. 

You and me and maybe a dragonfly 

I've packed a picnic of huckleberry pie 

and happy tears for our eyes 

for this is where darkness dies 

forever. 

I'll wear my dress, you wear your suit 

I'll wear a hat, you, your nautical boots 

and not much else, b'cause you're in cahoots 

with nature and all its fruits 

and honey. 

I'll sneak behind trees 

I'll tickle bees 

you'll laugh and I'll sneeze 

as we're chased by a fabulous breeze 

and we'll eat the moon. 

We'll ride on candy rivers 

Kiss our fingers covered in slivers 

from the popcorn the clouds deliver

it's devilish stuff, 

it nips and it nods. 

We'll laugh and forget our woes 

with forget-me-nots between our toes 

my hair covered in ribbons and bows 

yours wreathed in daisy chains that grow and grow. 

We'll run into the sunset and melt in the fiery waves 

For our hearts are sugary and easily concave 

beneath shadow and sadness, so please save 

some sunlight for us. 

Come, come! Run away 

into that fiery day 

that fantastic forest 

that leaps before us 

and we shall sing sweet songs 

beneath the fiery leaves 

all the night long and they shall whisper, 'never leave! Never leave!' 

and so we never shall.