Green Man's Daughter

I'm drowning in the dry air
There's a paper skyscraper on my desk
And it's been there a long long time
I know I've gotta get to it
Don't know if I'm gonna get through it
Lots of hurrying and voices in the hall
A shouting list of people I've got to call
Better slip out through the liquid glass of the window
To a place where everything seems to flow, yeah
And I'm learning how to swim underwater
I feel just like the Green Man's daughter
Waving to the land of bricks and mortar
Learning how to swim underwater
First you keep your mouth closed and your eyes wide open
Then you reach your arms out and kick your feet
It ain't like walking
It ain't like talking
Moving to the rhythm of your soul's lost beat
Learning how to swim underwater
With the dragonfish, the dolphins and the otters
Never going back to the old order
Learning how to swim underwater
From here I can see all the waterbirds
The pelicans, the seagulls and the terns
They're diving through the air, splashing through the seaweed hair
Bubbles sliding off their wings, scooping fish for their wingding
And I'm swimming underwater
I'll be just like the Green Man's daughter
Never going back to the old order
Learning how to swim underwater
So many colorful creatures in the sea
No-one looks a bit like me
But the water's arms are holding us, every one
A shimmering rainbow in the underwater sun
Underwater sun
Learning how to swim underwater
Learning how to swim underwater
Learning how to swim underwater
Learning how to swim underwater
Feel just like the Green Man's daughter
Learning how to swim underwater
Never going back to the old order
Never going back to the old order
Learning how to swim underwater