... dedicated to our own intrepid
Alice (who knows she has grown still further in our eyes), and especially
to all the Uncle Rudies.
To the tune of "This Night",
from the album Uncle Wonderful, by Janis through-the-looking-glass Ian.
There I am, suddenly tall
Will they still love
me in the hall
Now I'm this height?
Will they still think
me the same?
Eating the fruit of guilt,
will I die
Now I'm this height?
I've gotta make up my
mind
And the fans
Will go swirling round
my feet
And the bells will toll
less high
And we'll laugh until
we cry a little lake
This height,
Could be mine forever
now
'cause forever is our
name
and my fans will keep
swirling
and urging me to play
This is the height!
There I am, ready at last
Holding my own
Singing nervous and fast
This is the height
What if it dampens the
show?
Will they forgive me
Not leave me stranded?
How do I know
Just how far to go?
And the fans
Will go swirling round
my feet
And the bells will toll
less high
And we'll laugh until
we cry a little lake
This height,
Could be mine forever
now
'cause forever is our
name
and my fans will keep
swirling
and urging me to play
This is the height!
Here I am, waking in bed
Suddenly certain, purged
of the dread
I am that height
Don't think I'll look
like a fool
Don't think I really
need wait and see
I know what to do
Just tell them I'm scared
too
And the fans
Will go swirling round
my feet
And the bells will toll
less high
And we'll laugh until
we cry a little lake
This height,
Could be mine forever
now
'cause forever is our
name
and my fans will keep
swirling
and urging me to play
This is the height!
PS. But Janis ... still
treat us carefully … look what then very nearly happened to Alice …
" She thought: "I must be growing
small again." She got up and ..found that .. she was .. going on
shrinking rapidly: she soon found out that the cause of this was the fan
that she was holding, and she dropped it hastily …" ! |
