Life Is Patrick Godfrey Copyright 2012 Apparition Music Inc SOCAN

I know little baby
Why you cry so hard
This life is an illusion
But where raindrops fall
In your backyard
Sweet flowers bloom
In bright profusion

There's the twining vine
The columbine
Ah, the fragrance of the rose

Make a rhyme in Summertime
You'll have a song to sing
When that cold wind blows.

In that cold wind

In this changing world
There are many needs
So I planted 40 seeds
We can leave 39 for charity
But there's one strong seed
For you from me

Warm the soil with your laughter
And water it with your tears
A tree will grow hereafter
It will shelter you in the coming years

Shelter you

And you will see
How the Spring is born
As the planet turns
The young heart learns
What the old soul knows
Cherish the budding rose
The perished bloom
And the April snow

Mama
It's been many years
Since I heard your laugh
And just one visit
In a dream
We were walking down a silent path

The night was dark
The sky was clear
And a new moon rose above
Daphne and honeysuckle filled the air
Underneath our feet
Violets of love

We were searching
For a golden tree
In a strange and distant home
Where we could be free
We climbed a shining hill
Above the frozen land
You held my hand

And as we crossed the border
The east wind rose,
The magpies talked
Our golden tree sang in the bleak disorder
But as her branches swayed
The sweet fruit rocked

The sweet fruit rocked
The sweet fruit rocked

So I know little baby
Why you laugh so hard
This life it's no illusion
Spring stars at night
Autumn fire light
The forest's deep seclusion
Your Papa's arms
Your Mama's charms
These are great things that you know.
But make a rhyme in Summertime
You'll have a song to sing
When the cold wind blows.

When that cold wind blows.
A song
When the cold wind blows.