Breakfast Ethereal Lyrics - Ron Sexsmith

In my life as a child I wore the stripes 

Playing inside right 

As the Captain of the St Catharines Imperials 

With dumb luck running wild we won the cup 

Waking up every day 

To love and a bowl of breakfast ethereal 

From a soft focus world where tomorrow seemed bright 

To the black and the white 

TV light of some dreadful soap opera serial 

From a scrape to a scar we left little doubt 

From the inside out 

We were healing ourselves with breakfast ethereal 

What have we lost in our mad 

Pursuit of what we already had 

When was the last time we saw the sun rise 

And what did we gain in return 

But a lesson that we'd already learned 

Remember that first time we saw with our own eyes 

We saw with our own eyes 

As the sorrowful leaves fall at our feet 

All the sadness is sweet 

And the trees in the sunlight are seemingly spiritual 

I'd love to wake up again and imagine it all 

Through the mind of a child 

As the day runs wild with breakfast ethereal 

Breakfast ethereal