Ginny The Flying Girl

Ginny the flying girl

wanted to see the world

Her parents were poor,

and they couldn't afford

to send her away for a whirl

She waited until they slept

and into the night she crept

with only the stars and the cold light of mars,

Ginny took off like a jet

She rode through the sky

like an elephant's eye

Like the stars in a thundering herd

and when she came down

all the world had turned 'round

All that the ground people heard

was "Oh, for the life of a bird"

She lived in a tiny room

surrounded by huge balloons

The covers would fly

past her magical eye

and the pillows saluted the moon

At night when the lights went out,

he'd take to the sky and shout

"Hey, Milky Way, lead me on 'til the day

"says hello to the night's turnabout!"

She rode through the sky

like an elephant's eye

Like the stars in a thundering herd

and when she came down

all the world had turned 'round

All that the ground people heard

was "Oh, for the life of a bird"

Whenever the world won't bend

Whenever I need a friend

I just close my eyes

and I reach for the sky

and I know I can make it again

Whenever my dreams run dry

Just when I need to cry

Whenever it all looks too big, or too tall

I remember that I can fly

She rode through the sky

like an elephant's eye

Like the stars in a thundering herd

and when she came down

all the world had turned 'round

All that the ground people heard

was "Oh, for the life of a bird"