The Future
Gordon Jenkins
(Honey, a deck of cards and a crystal ball)
(Won't tell you a thing that
You don't already know)
(The future will almost certainly be whatever
You want it to be)
(What with rockets, spaceships, computers
Inventions)
(Little buttons you can push, and push)
(Let your imagination burst into flame)
(And it will let you do whatever
You damn well choose to do)
Given a choice I would choose to have
A magic wand that I could use
To draw a melody
From that enchanted maze of grass
And keys and wood and wind and steel
And I would stand there, big and brave
And quietly say
Ladies and Gentlemen, play for me
Play for me
(and the orchestra plays a beautiful melody)