A Single Grain Of Sand Lyrics - Singles - Houston Davis Jones

When you were just a girl the stars would fall into your hands 

The universe and galaxies would yield at your command 

From grassy fields and fallen leaves to ocean shores and glens 

A single grain of sand could hold the wonders of the world 

To you, to you 

With time your hair grew to the ground and foxes, mice, and birds 

Became your closest friends without the need for clocks and words 

The earth it was your playground and the things of it your toys 

So limitless seemed all of life and with it all its joys 

But people saw you smiling 

And all happiness sincere 

Can never be rewarded 

For it brings most people tears 

So they took you and they taught you 

How to read and write and learn 

And the weight of all mans knowledge held you down with its concerns 

Still through the days of books and bags a shining light still glowed 

In every blade of grass that through the hard cement did show 

And when no one was looking and a spare hour arose 

Youd climb the highest hill and watch the daylight curtain close 

Then as you learned to live the lie and learned to love the news 

The magic of your childhood seemed worthwhile to lose 

What good can come from fantasy says the present to the past 

It only puts aside what will already too soon pass 

So if youre feeling lonely in this world so densely packed 

Remember how you used to live if you can still think back 

To grassy fields and fallen leaves and ocean shores and glens 

When a single grain of sand still held the wonders of the world 

To you, to you