David Easthouse - Fragile - Handle With Care lyrics

1. The delicate statuette , fine and serene Placed in a box protected by bubble-wrap And shouldered and moulded with polystyrene Chorus As it can smash and can break and can crack and can tear And so needs the sign Fragile Handle with Care 2. The newly-born baby drawn straight from the womb Breaks into a shiny bright people filled room And needs to be comforted , nurtured and soothed Chorus 3. The 1st Graders fearful first day at school Their mothers so tearful that its come so soon As they face all lifes pressures that before them loom Chorus: As they can.. 4. The coming of agers 21st party Has relished so long for the chance to be free And yet still so sweet , innocent and nave Chorus: As she can. Bridge And flowers and plants and all lifes species Delicately crafted their fragile beauty And insects and animals , bird-life and trees As they can crush and can wither and hurt and can bleed And travail and suffer like you and like me 5. And walking through life with its traps and its snares Traversing its hurdles and oft challenges And then we get older and frailer and then when we die No need to put there The sign on our casket: Fragile Handle with Care