in the aeroplane over the sea

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me, me

And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me, me

What a curious life we have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds
Anna's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees, trees

Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
Now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don't even know his name

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round' the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all

another year

i tried to fall in it again 
my friends took bets and disappeared 
they mime their sighing violins 
i think i’ll wait another year 

i want my chest pressed to your chest 
my nervous systems interfere 
ten or eleven months at best 
i think i’ll wait another year 

this weather turns my tricks to rust 
i am a lousy engineer 
the winter makes things hard enough 
i think i’ll wait another year 

plus, i’m only 26 years old 
my grandma died at 83 
that’s lots of time if i don’t smoke 
i think i’ll wait another year 

i’m not as callous as you think 
i barely breathe when you are near 
it’s not as bad when i don’t drink 
i think i’ll wait another year 

i have my new bill hicks cd 
i have my friends and my career 
i’m getting smaller by degrees 
you said you’d help me disappear 
but that could take forever 
i think i’ll wait another year 
it’ll be the best year ever 
i think i’ll wait another... 

can’t we just wait together? 
you bring the smokes, i’ll bring the beer 

...i think i’ll wait another year