So hold me in your arms Embrace me tenderly This world with all it's charms Sings to me She said, in confidence, and entirely without prejudice "We hold the keys to a kingdom yet to come" I said, "I knew it, you know I always knew it Let's get right down to it, let's do it" There's a wide, wide world in the corner of God's kitchen There's a whole new thing, in the ringing of the bell There's a secret garden where the hummingbird s**s the nectar There's an ocean full of wishes at the bottom of this well
Way down at the bottom of the well So smile and wish me well Cling to me, sweet memory She said "Don't worry" I said "Don't worry, I won't" She said "Now listen Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't Sometimes you don't there's a big fat city, with a fire in it's belly There's a flash of neon, throwing kisses at the sky There's a private Eden where the hummingbird s**s the nectar There's a world of meaning in the twinkling of her eye Twinkling of her eye