on a train from amsterdam to leiden

on a train from amsterdam to leiden

i can see the farmland and the sky

i will be the tulips in your garden

one day i’ll be the garden going by

my little sister jane so yound yet so wise

came to us before our wedding day

and the gift she gave was better than McDonald’s French Fries

All she said, all she said was…

STAY AWAKE  IT ALL GOES BY SO FAST

CATCH YOUR DREAM CAUSE TODAY WON’T LAST

Jane’s gonna have a baby

I’m the aunt that’s a luxory

I get to teach guitar and give them candy

probably leave the diaper changes to Nancy

it’s the chases i’ve been changing

like the hunger that consumes me

i can’t promise to quit racing

hopping plane to train to plane

making suitcase movies

CHORUS:  STAY AWAKE

Sitting on the 4th Room in Leiden

and the window is wide open

paintings on the walls above the sewing

with faces i have met before but never knew i never knew

so i sing this song to Micah Zach and Dylan

and our nieces nephews and our cousins

to stay above the gossip and the ruin

water your soul with LOVE and you’ll keep blooming

CHORUS: STAY AWAKE…it all goes by so fast

Catch your dream…cause today won’t last

COPYRIGHT 2012  Sonia Rutstein words and music all rights reserved