Birds of Paradise

I wrote a letter to you, my friend

So many letters that I never send

I think about you at the day's end

The time that we had

I laughed in my bed

The stupid things you said

We were two birds of paradise

When I was a little girl

With clay horses and lambs on the shelf

I caught frogs in ditches and listened for elves

My friends and I had a world unto ourselves

No grownups could find us when we

Made our plans so secretly

To run away and fly to be with the

The birds of paradise

Well, once upon a time

My mind still there wanders

Back in the room

The things I remember

One time when we took off our clothes

But you were cryin', cryin'

You said, "Nothing lasts forever"

We were happy together

I thought about you in

Stockholm and Rome

Me in my hotel room

You in your home

This is the life they say that

Dreams are made of

Don't forget, please do forgive me

I still have something you did give me

Come into my dreams, oh, let me have dreams

And please don't forget

Do forgive me

I still have something you did give me

Come into my dreams, oh, let me have dreams

Oh

Oh, dream

Of paradise