Donovan — In an Old Fashioned Picture Book

[Verse 1] Come take a look with me In an old fashioned picture book Patience, the girl we see On the sand with a squint and her parasol look Sweethearts are sewn 'tween the cloth of her cuff A shell in her little tight hand Soon she'll be going away With her bottle of sand tomorrow From the shores of yesterday [Verse 2] Come see her move and be In our old fashioned backward look Just like an old movie Talking and real like when it was took Bats, balls and tomboys cheeky and gruff Faint sounds of a distant brass band Who rides the donkey today? Will our visions of tomorrow Mingle with those of yesterday? [Verse 3] Come, close your eyes and hear Melodies from an old music box Tinkling as tandems and tears Go tumbling like tresses and small perfumed locks Sweet dreams were sewn 'tween the heres of her life A tear in her little kerchief Waving and fading away With her bottled sand tomorrow From the shores of yesterday Will our visions of tomorrow mingle With those of yesterday? [Outro] Come take a look with me In an old fashioned picture book