[Intro: acoustic guitar fingerpicking, soft cello hum, 8 bars] [Verse 1] I keep my daydreams in a glass jar on the shelf Right next to all the versions of my younger self The one who used to run barefoot on the summer lawn The one who thought that every sunset was a brand new song Today I took the lid off, let a few of them out They floated through the window like a whisper, like a shout One of them was flying kites on a hill in May Another one was laughing at the end of a long, long day [Pre-Chorus] I don't need to chase them, they come back to me Every time I'm sitting here, quiet and free [Chorus] Glass jar daydream, take me somewhere slow Where the clocks have given up and the flowers always grow Glass jar daydream, spinning in the light Everything is golden, everything is bright I don't need to go there, I just close my eyes Glass jar daydream, my favorite kind of sky [Verse 2] The couple at the next table's sharing something sweet He's reading her the horoscope, she's tangling her feet The music on the speakers sounds like someone's memory A melody from '99, familiar as the sea And I'm just sitting here collecting little scenes Storing them like photographs in my magazine Of ordinary moments that the world might overlook But I write them down like chapters in my favorite book [Pre-Chorus] I don't need to chase them, they come back to me Every time I'm sitting here, quiet and free [Chorus] Glass jar daydream, take me somewhere slow Where the clocks have given up and the flowers always grow Glass jar daydream, spinning in the light Everything is golden, everything is bright I don't need to go there, I just close my eyes Glass jar daydream, my favorite kind of sky [Bridge] Some people save their money, some people save their time I save the little moments that make the ordinary shine A bird outside the window doing pirouettes in air The way the steam curls upward like it doesn't have a care The smell of something baking in the kitchen down the hall The sound of distant laughter bouncing gently off the wall These are the things I'm keeping, these are the things I'll hold Long after everything around me has grown old [Chorus] Glass jar daydream, take me somewhere slow Where the clocks have given up and the flowers always grow Glass jar daydream, spinning in the light Everything is golden, everything is bright [Outro: gentle banjo, fading cello] Glass jar daydream… my favorite kind of sky… I just close my eyes… and I'm there… La la la… la la la… Mmm…
