Little Cloud Lyrics - Incredible String Band

How sweet to be a cloud 

Floating in the blue 

Lying awake, late the other night 

I heard above me a trembling 

I looked up, it was a little cloud 

From which a gold string was dangling 

You know, I gave the string a little pull 

Just to see what was on the other end 

Just then a voice came down to me and says 

"Hey, now, don't you want to be my friend" 

And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair 

Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair 

You see I'm just a happy little cloud 

I laugh and the float and the sing my song 

But the other clouds don't like me none 

They say, I am behaving so very wrong 

You see a cloud's supposed to be sad 

To cry and weep and tear its hair and all 

And don't matter how hard I try 

I can't get the first little tear to fall 

Oh float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair 

Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair 

I said, "Hey, I like you little cloud 

You are a nice little fellow, yes" 

"You making some, kind of a joke?", said the cloud 

"Now can't you see I'm wearing such a pretty dress? 

You see I am the prettiest little chick cloud 

That you'd find anywhere up above 

I just dropped in on you awhile 

To see if you could give me some kind of love 

And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair 

Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair 

Just then the chief cloud come into view 

And says, "Hey, girl, now what you think you're doing there? 

I told you so many times before 

You just don't seem at all to care 

You know you should be floating up above 

Now don't let me catch you down here again 

And as my cloud rolled out of view 

There come falling down a gentle shower of rain 

Happy rain come falling down 

Red, green, blue and golden 

And every drop, as it fell, it smiled 

And, throwing back its head, began singing 

Oh, float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair 

Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair