The Dreadnoughts - A Broken World lyrics
[The Dreadnoughts - A Broken World lyrics]
This afternoon was the color of
Water falling through sunlight
The trees glittered with the
Tumbling of leaves
The sidewalks shone like alleys
Of dropped maple leaves
And the houses ran along them
Laughing out of square, open windows
Under a tree in the park
Two little boys, lying flat on their faces
Were carefully gathering red berries
To put in a pasteboard box
Some day there will be no war
Then I shall take out this afternoon
And turn it in my fingers
And remark the sweet taste of
It upon my palate
And note the crisp variety of
It's flights of leaves
Today I can only gather it
And put it into my lunch-box
For I have time for nothing
But the endeavour to balance myself
Upon a broken world
Water falling through sunlight
The trees glittered with the
Tumbling of leaves
The sidewalks shone like alleys
Of dropped maple leaves
And the houses ran along them
Laughing out of square, open windows
Under a tree in the park
Two little boys, lying flat on their faces
Were carefully gathering red berries
To put in a pasteboard box
Some day there will be no war
Then I shall take out this afternoon
And turn it in my fingers
And remark the sweet taste of
It upon my palate
And note the crisp variety of
It's flights of leaves
Today I can only gather it
And put it into my lunch-box
For I have time for nothing
But the endeavour to balance myself
Upon a broken world