Daylight Dreamer - Shel Silverstein

Here’s the half-finished painting

Of a girl that I started last December

Here’s the first three pages of my novel 'bout

I don’t really remember

Here’s my Martin guitar that I never quite learned how to play.

That’s the daylight dreamer, wishful thinker’s way

I had a Harley bike, but I traded it off to a fella

For the Astroglass boat that’s still sittin down in my cellar

I bought a tape recorder and found I had nuthin' to say.

That’s the daylight dreamer, wishful thinker’s way

I got an exercise machine.

Man, I’d be glad to let you try it.

This… well it’s a Leika Camera.

Maybe you’d like to buy it.

I can get you a real good deal.

I just need enough money to buy myself some modeling clay.

That’s the daylight dreamer, wishful thinker’s way

On the day that I die, they’ll be talking about the dearly departed

And they’ll say he never ever finished nuthin' that he started

But I started this song… man, I’m gonna finish it today

Yeah… that’s the daylight dreamer…

Listen… anyway… why don’t we just take a break and finish it later,

you know?

'Cuz I could sure use a sandwich.

I wanna get myself a BLT or

something.

And listen… right near the restaurant there’s a great old

bookstore… right near the restaurant.

They got all these great old books…

great old comic books.

They got Batman…