From the recording Plug Into The Real - 2003
Written about, and for, Violet, my younger daughter.
Short, sweet, and very much from the deepest recesses of my heart. Pure love and fond memories of imagining fun and strange animals with her when she was little and un-jaded by 'adulting' (which is surely overrated).
The musical style and treatment was inspired, I think, by the Waterboy's 'Room To Roam' album.
Lyrics
If I were a poppinjay
I tell you what I'd do
If I were a poppinjay
I'd fly right into you
I'd tell you all my little dreams
And some big ones
I love you so
I love you from head to toe
I've got no language to explain it
In case you didn't know
If I were a zookeeper
I tell you what I'd do
Forget about the lions and the zebras
I'd make a home just for you
You could become a new beast every week
Just imagine:
A body with wings and horns
And the head of a unicorn
I've loved you since before
The day that you were born
Oh yeah.....