Story Behind The Song
written for Kai, son of a poet friend.
Song Description
imagining all the things that this child could be and do.
| Song Length |
4:46 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Delighted |
Subject |
Birds |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
?Plenty of Time?. (for Kai) Meryl Leppard. c 1999
I wish you sugar in your coffee
When you are old enough to drink it down
Some like it bitter, take a tip from me,
Insist on it black, don?t drink it brown
But hey, you?re a baby and we love you
Plenty of time to think about great food and fine wine
You stick to Farex and breast milk, ok kid?
I wish you moonlight when you feel romantic
And someone who loves you deep and true
When you?re broken hearted, come back to your family
And we?ll always be there for you
But hey, you?re a baby and we love you
Plenty of time to think about girls, or boys,
I mean, who are we to have an opinion about who you?re gone love, right?
Remember the word compassion
it?s healing balm for your soul
You know everyone sometimes comes undone
But nobody wants to be told when they are hurting
I wish you sunshine in your mornings
and a deep appreciation of the rain
I wish you patience to grow a garden
the pleasures of which I could never, never explain
But hey, you?re a baby and we love you
Plenty of time to think about planting trees and fixing the ozone layer and healing the planet right?
Respect for yourself is essential
And how to say yes or no
You know everyone sometimes comes undone
But nobody wants to be told when they are hurting
I wish you friendship with lots of laughter
and the courage to be exactly who you are
Maybe you?ll travel high in a spaceship
maybe you?ll lead an exhibition to Mars
but hey, you?re a baby and we love you
plenty of time to think about being a physicist,
I mean, god, that?s my fantasy,
Maybe you?ll be a stilt walker or an ice-cream sales man
Or a poet, you could be a poet!
Plenty of time to be figuring it out you?re a baby, yes you are
Plenty of time to be figuring it out you?re a baby, that?s right
Plenty of time to be figuring it out you?re a baby, ah yeah
There?s plenty of time to be figuring it out, you?re a baby.