Nana Mouskouri - Attic Toys lyrics

Rocking chairs and rocking horses Teddy bears and flying saucers Brik-a-brak and broken souvenirs Christmas lights and covered wagons Paper kites and Chinese dragons Mingle in the shadows of the years Attic toys in great profusion Lying here in strange confusion Cut into the memory like a knife Smiling dolls and faded cotton Dusty world I had forgotten Tell again the story of my life Smiling dolls and faded cotton Dusty world I had forgotten Tells again the story of my life Gone the time and dead the season Now I ask the rhyme and reason Why my little world got left behind Here among this helter skelter Taking stock and taking shelter I may find a moments peace of mind Attic toys in great profusion Vanished hopes and disillusions Peel away the memories like a knife Broken dreams and paradoxes Side by side in cardboard boxes Recollect the story of my life Broken dreams and paradoxes Jungle up in cardboard boxes Tell again the story of my life Attic toys of pain and pleasure Lying here like buried treasure Measure up the story of my life