Clouds (adapted From 'nuages') Lyrics - Manhattan Transfer

See the white and fluffy clouds 

Adore the sun 

As he shines his light 

On each and every one 

Still, those clouds can hide his light 

Till the day becomes like night 

So my light heart would darken too 

If I ever lost you 

As the clouds begin to shed 

Their tears of rain 

So my aching heart would 

Shed its tears of pain 

Till that happy moment when 

Darkened clouds roll by and then 

White and fluffy clouds 

Adore the sun once again 

Cheryl's Solo: 

When I was young 

I'd long to touch a cloud 

On my back on a bed of green 

I'd contemplate the cloud scene 

They would form themselves 

into a lot o' different kinds o' pictures 

Of the kind that pre-existed in my mind 

Paintin' the kind o' scene 

That I never saw on a wide screen 

Look! Ain't that Moses on the mount! 

There! Monte Christo an' a gallant count! 

Four white horses and a coach 

Proceeding madly to approach 

the sunlit castle of his majesty the king 

Isn't that a flying saucer 

and a pilgrim out of Chaucer going by? 

They're all right there in a cloud 

Standing tall and proud 

How thrilling to see! 

A panorama that will never end 

like the movies do 

"Cause they're yours alone 

an' under your direction 

How'd y'like the movie 

that was showin' t'day? 

An' what a cast! 

An' not only the casting 

but a story full of glory everlasting 

the errant, fluffy clouds 

doing everything they have always done 

Like adore the sun 

Come out an' do their thing again