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