Lyrics Pleasant Little Kingdom / Too Many Mornings - Mandy Patinkin

Pleasant Little Kingdom / Too Many Mornings

It’s a pleasant little kingdom
Full of pleasant little things
Full of scintillating dinners
With neighboring kings
There’s a castle in the country
For weekends of rest
And we entertain at parties
In the little time remaining
And we’re entertained by others
And it’s very entertaining
An efficient little kingdom
The dominion of the queen
Where at any given moment
The ashtrays are clean
There are many little battles
Which never are fought
And if, on occasion, I think about you
It’s a pleasant little thought
So I write another book
And I head another drive
And we take a trip we took
And the dinner guests arrive
And unless you really look
You would think we were alive, and
God!
It’s a pleasant little kingdom
Full of pleasant little days
There are charities and lectures
And flowers to raise
There are amateur dramatics
And evenings of bridge
And I go to civic luncheons
When there’s someone to remind me
And I study the piano
And I never look behind me
It’s a merry little kingdom
Full of merry little chores
Lots of gardening and fixing
All very outdoors
In the driveway is a sports car
I shouldn’t have bought
And if, on occasion, I think about you
I eliminate the thought
So I read a little here
And I sew a little there
And the children disappear
And the castle needs repair
And I never shed a tear
And I never turn a hair, and
Ben!
God help me, Sally
I’ve loved you all my life!
Too many mornings
Waking and pretending I reach for you
Thousands of mornings
Dreaming of my girl
All that time wasted
Merely passing through
Time I could have spent
So content
Wasting time with you
Too many mornings
Wishing that the room might be filled with you
Morning to morning
Turning into days
All the days
That I thought would never end
All the nights
With another day to spend
All those times
I’d look up to see
Sally standing at the door
Sally moving to the bed
Sally resting in my arms
With her head against my head
If you don’t kiss me, Ben, I think I’m going to die
(sung)
How I planned
What I’d wear tonight
And when should I get here?
How should I find you?
Where I’d stand
What I’d say in case you didn’t remember
How I’d remind you
You remembered
And my fears were wrong!
Was it ever real?
Did I ever love you this much?
Did we ever feel
So happy then?
It was always real
I should have worn green
And I’ve always loved you this much
I wore green the last time
We can always feel this happy
The time I was happy
Too many mornings
Wasted in pretending I reach for you
How many mornings
Are there still to come?
How much time
Can we hope that there will be?
Not much time
But it’s time enough for me
If there’s time
To look up and see (be)
Sally standing at the door
Sally moving to the bed
Sally resting in my (your) arms
With your head against my head