the lollipop man and me

[lyrics by Andrew Buller, tune by suno.com - created in Canterbury, Kent - 15/2/25] [short instrumental] [slow build] [short instrumental] thoughts (thoughts) thoughts thoughts (thoughts) thoughts [spoken] "you are not alone everyone has them..." thought after thought after thought after thought round and around and around and around again thought after thought after thought after thought round and around and around and around again like cars [short instrumental] [chorus] thoughts (thoughts) thoughts thoughts (thoughts) thoughts recognise, recognise they're just thoughts just thoughts accept and allow float and feel let time pass and simply proceed accept and allow float and feel let time pass and simply proceed [short instrumental] cars, cars, cars cars, cars, cars big ones, small ones fast ones, slow ones noisy ones, quiet ones heavy ones, light ones buses and trucks vans and bikes tractors and tankers firing left and right (firing left and right) red ones, yellow ones black ones, white ones blue, grey, green blue, grey, green clean ones, muddy ones in need of a clean (in need of a clean) stuck ones recurring ones stuck ones recurring ones cars, cars, cars cars, cars, cars [short instrumental] [chorus] thoughts (thoughts) thoughts thoughts (thoughts) thoughts recognise, recognise they're just thoughts just thoughts accept and allow float and feel let time pass and simply proceed accept and allow float and feel let time pass and simply proceed [short instrumental] cars, cars, cars cars, cars, cars get set, go for Wacky Races (Wacky Races) Penelope Pitstop Peter Perfect Dick Dastardly Muttley Professor Pat Pending the Out Here Brothers the Out There Brothers the Chuckle Brothers to me, to you (to me, to you) cars, cars, cars cars, cars, cars cars driven by people I know people I have known I am waving they're waving I'm smiling we're smiling laughing at the cars laughing with the cars [instrumental] [bass drop] and all along the road remains and along the road strides the lollipop man smiling, humming singing singing the brightest, the whitest hi-vis jacket lollipop staff face shining eyes gleaming arms stretched wide stepping out, stepping out slowing slowing stopping the traffic beckoning, beckoning me to come come to the other side (come to the other side) [short instrumental] and as I walk he hugs me and hugs me and hugs me and gifts me wings wings to fly to fly, fly with him (fly, fly with him) and as we lift from the road the thoughts of the thoughts returning to the traffic rolling, rolling rolling by from a different perspective (with a different perspective) roads becoming rivers traffic becoming melody voices becoming violins strings, drifting in and out of silence silence (silence) [short instrumental] weaving with the bird song soaring, soaring the lollipop man and me (the lollipop man and me) the lollipop man and me (the lollipop man and me) making aeroplane trails of wonderful tales across skies so blue of life writing new o what a view what a beautiful view [short instrumental] weaving with the bird song soaring, soaring the lollipop man and me (the lollipop man and me) the lollipop man and me (the lollipop man and me) making aeroplane trails of wonderful tales across skies so blue of life writing new o what a view what a beautiful view with the lollipop man and me (the lollipop man and me) the lollipop man and me