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