chelsea morning

Lyrics

woke up big this chelsea morning and the first thing that i heard, was a song outside my window and the traffic wrote the words, it came ringing up like christmas bells and rapping up like pipes and drums, oh won't you stay? we'll put on a day and we'll wear it 'til the night comes, woke up big this chelsea morning and the first thing that i saw, was the sun through yellow curtains and a rainbow on my wall, blue, red, green and gold to welcome you, crimson crystal peaks to beckon, oh won't you stay? we'll put on a day, there's a side-show every second, now the curtain opens on a portrait of today, and the streets are paved with passers-by, and pictures fly and papers lie, just waiting to blow away, woke up big this chelsea morning and the first thing that i knew, there was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges too, and the light poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses, oh won't you stay? we'll put on a day and we'll talk in present tenses, now the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away, i'll bring you incense owls by night, by candle-light, by jewel-light, if only you will stay, pretty baby won't you wake up, it's the chelsea morning