Lullaby

After Lyle Lovett

If I had a ginko tree

I'd climb it in the evening.

If I had a marmoset

He'd climb the tree with me.

If we saw a falling star

I'd wish I had a rocket.

If I had a rocket

I'd drag the star back home.

If I went to space

I'd pick up a satellite.

If I had my own moon

I wouldn't be so sad.

If I weren't so sad

I wouldn't need a companion.

If I sold my marmoset

I'd have a lot of cash.

If I had some money

I'd buy an Eldorado.

(Silver, 1959,

With fins like raptor wings.)

I'd shine that Eldorado

and drive it to my father's.

If I had a father

I'd take him for a ride.

Source: That Kind of Happy (The University of Chicago Press, 2016)