Little by Little

The winds caress the mountain top
And every day it rains
And slowly, imperceptibly, each day a thousand grains
Are taken from that solid rock, clandestine souvenirs
And slow, so no one notices, the mountain disappears
It's gone before the world awakes and little by little is all it takes

The frog can be forgiven if a little ill at ease
For certainly his trust has been eroded by degrees
It may be disagreeable, indeed, we may recoil
How easily that little frog is brought up to the boil
He never realised the stakes, and little by little is all it takes

They say that Adolph Hitler once was heard to volunteer
No man ever notices his freedoms disappear
Not if they are taken in a thousand tiny shards
We counter his anxieties, the rest, he disregards
But then he can't apply the brakes, and little by little is all it takes

I'm joyful 50 times a day to star on the TV
And reassured my mobile phone is keeping track of me
And by the great benevolence of those whom we anoint
Still, Hitler and the frog have made a very valid point
So stay alert for Heaven's sakes, for little by little is all it takes

So stay alert, for heaven's sakes for little by little is all it takes