Baby's in the crow's nest
Can Baby read the signs
I'm asked to test the water
By pickling in the brine
Though I like the smell of ocean
See me plug my nose in time
Take one breath for my darling
And another for my muse
There's the cake and then the eating
Must I have the sense to choose
Bought some candy for my baby
To coax her down from up on high
Just to strap her to a rocket
Point my baby to the sky
Blue as my name, drunk with wonder again
Taking the day off from imagining when
My baby will drop down, my baby will drop down
My baby will drop down, dow-wow-wow-wow-wow
When I'm finished folding paper
A thousand thousand cranes in all
It's enough to fill the pool
Is it enough to break her fall?
Now my baby's on the corner
Of ascent and transcend
Now she takes the time to breathe
See her take the time to mend
She takes the time to breathe
See her take the time to mend
Blue as my name, drunk with wonder again
Taking the day off from imagining when
My baby will drop down, my baby will drop down
My baby will drop down, my baby will drop down
But I'll be ready with open arms