How Long - The Paper Kites

How long does it take

For a taker not to take

Any more than what he needs to make it work

How long will it be

Till those seeing eyes will see

Just enough to try and be a little more

And how long were wishing

That the talkers would just listen

You can hear a further distance in the quiet

And how long did the sky

Make the dreamers wonder why

Only birds had wings to fly away

How long will you sleep

While the sweepers sweep the street

And you’ve never placed your feet anywhere

How long till that sound

Rings in one too many towns

And you throw your canons down on the ground

And how long we’ve been wishing

For the things that we’re still missing

But you still can learn a lesson if you try

It’s been not so long since

I took a plane across that sky