[Verse 1] The Children of the summer's end Gathered in the dampened gra** We played Our songs and felt the London sky Resting on our hands It was God's land It was ragged and naive It was Heaven [Verse 2] Touch, We touched the very soul Of holding each and every life We claimed the very source of joy ran through It didn't, but it seemed that way I kissed a lot of people that day [Verse 3] Oh, to capture just one drop of all the ecstasy that swept that afternoon To paint that love Upon a white balloon And fly it from
The topest top of all the tops That man has pushed beyond his brain Satori must be something Just the same [Verse 4] We scanned the skies with rainbow eyes and saw machines of every shape and size We talked with tall Venusians pa**ing through And Peter tried to climb aboard but the Captain shook his head And away they soared Climbing through The ivory vibrant cloud Someone pa**ed some bliss among the crowd And We walked back to the road, unchained [Outro] The Sun Machine is Coming Down, and We're Gonna Have a Party[x6]