One Time, One Summer... Lyrics
She phoned… we rush through milk and mush. We laugh… make swords from old tree-house boards
Outside, there's Fred and his sister, two sets of twins… We've got skinned knees, unusual stones, and lately, him…
His buttons are coins from faraway archipelagos. He winks; our slingshots hurl screams and tiny things with wings!
Hanging dripping shirts and sheets, a washerwoman hears our feet a-stomping by and when we cry, "Midsummer's here!" she blinks each eye. And then we sing the song he taught; we buzz like bees and howl a lot! She withers into five years old; hands on hips, her stance is bold! She joins our marching army, laughing, waves a stick, afraid of nothing!
(lala lala lala lala...)
And he's fun to follow! He points and Mary-Ann's grown a tail! And his eyes are gleaming! And Mr. Tucker, there are hoof-prints on your tiles! And he never tires! He could dig to China hunting worms! And he chats with saplings! They laugh and sway, say he speaks archly!
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Many wars, many battles… by noontime we're hungry! Didn't know, under bark, under stones… you can eat those! Many fins, many wings… Many bites and many stings! Didn't know; under petals… they'll tell tales 'ere the flowers fold!
And on towards night his beard turns white, his eyes are dull and he says, "My voice is a cobweb wisp; we're a toe towards snow but I'll live again."
