Augie March - Tulip Lyrics

Are you lit from the inside
Is that why your teeth are bright?
You smile as the sun sets on the window
And the car fills up with light

Make a smile tulip, don't think of me
As something that's passed
I am not written in the book
But I intend to last

And as the sun comes up
You know it's really going down
You only framed it incorrectly
Now you cannot turn it round

If there's enough of us here left
Then we'll drive it into town
And when we pass the field of tulips
Then I'll put the knuckle down

Don't frown tulip
Make a smile
Don't frown tulip
You know it's all worthwhile

There were lions by the roadside
I was driving with my father
Through a dream of French forests
And all was warmth and solace

And all said he is with us
But always sad and serious
Standing outside in the garden
Pained and peerless

Don't frown tulip
Make a smile
Don't frown tulip
You know it's all worthwhile

Make a smile at the end of your tether
This was never gonna last forever

The woods all were peopled
With daughters and sons
The teeming uncounted
And unchosen ones

Who don't dance anymore
They just move around in bubbles
And nobody notices nobody's troubles
Nobody notices nobody's troubles

Don't frown tulip
Make a smile
Don't frown tulip
You know it's all worthwhile

Make a smile at the end of your tether
This was never gonna last forever
Don't frown tulip, don't frown tulip