Kaleidescopin'

Tom Verlaine · Wonder [2003]

I guess I got romantic notions;

I need a love, a love like the ocean.

You look so sweet, you seem so fine;

Naturally, I wish you were mine.



She says: "I don't know why you're wishing and hoping,

When you could be kaleidescopin'.

No, I don't know why you're wishing and hoping,

When you could be kaleidescopin'.

No, I don't know why."



Consider the lilies of the field, and how they grow.

I'm just like that, but I'm more slow.

I need a love that's tender and true.

I need a love, someone like you.



She says: "I don't know why you're wishing and hoping,

When you could be kaleidescopin'.

No, I don't know why you're wishing and hoping,

When you could be kaleidescopin'.

No, I don't know why.

I don't know why."



I wish I had another life,

To show you how I feel.

I'm hoping that my luck is good;

I know my love is real.



Kaleidescopin'...

Kaleidescopin'...



I guess I got romantic notions.

I need a love, a love like the ocean.

You look so sweet, you seem so fine;

Naturally, I wish you were mine.



She says: "I don't know why you're wishing and hoping,

When you could be kaleidescopin'.

No, I don't know why you're wishing and hoping,

When you could be kaleidescopin'."