Camera

I rode my bike to town today
Wobbling down the path
I knew the kids would see me
I love it when they laughAnd I wish, I were a camera
And I could slice time like a knife
Seeing stories in the faces
And crystallizing lifeWish I were a camera
I wish it all the time
It gives my eyes a reason
It gives my life a rhymeI'd be a lens that could see souls
A shutter that never shuts
I'd have film that lasts forever
And I would live in hutsIn the jungles of South America
Like my father, before the war
I'd find out where we came from
And what this life is forAnd I wish, I were a camera
I wish it all the time
It gives my eyes a reason
It gives my life a rhymeAnd I wish I were a camera
I wish it all the time
It gives my eyes a reason
It gives my life a rhymeI would climb right off this planet
On the clearest night of all
And photograph the future
When it finally comes to callI would save up all these images
These instants in a box
And when I am old and lonely
They could cover up the clocksAnd I wish, I were a camera
I wish it all the time
It gives my eyes a reason
It gives my life a rhymeI wish that I could shoot at night
And leave without a trace
And catch my lover's sleeping smile
By the starlight on her faceBut I think mostly that I'd see children
'Cause they haven't learned to hide
And they watch me on my bicycle
And laugh with me as I ride