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What if you were 75 and I were 9?

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"Sifters" Sound is a wave like a wave on the ocean Moon plays the ocean like a violin Pushing and pulling from shore to shore Biggest melody you never heard before What if I were the night sky What if I were the night sky Here's my lullaby My lullaby to leave by,  lullaby to leave by If I were the night What if we hadn't been born at the same time? What if you were 75 and I were 9? Would I come visit you? Bring you cookies in an old folks home Would you be there alone? And when the late summer lightning fires off in your arms Will I remember to breathe? No, I never will And if I could convince you that I mean you no harm Just want to show you how not to need If I were the night sky Here's my lullaby My lullaby to leave by If I were the night What if we hadn't been each other at the same time? Would you tell me all the stories from when you're young and in your prime? Would I rock you to sleep? Would you tell me all the secrets you don't nee...