CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG - CAMERA Lyrics

I rode my bike to town todayWobbling down the pathI knew the kids would see meI love it when they laughAnd I wish I were a cameraAnd I could slice time like a knifeSeeing stories in the facesAnd crystallizing lifeWish I were a cameraI wish it all the timeIt gives my eyes a reasonIt gives my life a rhymeI'd be a lens that could see soulsA shutter that never shutsI'd have film that lasts foreverAnd I would live in hutsIn the jungles of South AmericaLike my father before the warI'd find out where we came fromAnd what this life is forAnd I wish I were a cameraI wish it all the timeIt gives my eyes a reasonIt gives my life a rhymeAnd I wish I were a cameraI wish it all the timeIt gives my eyes a reasonIt gives my life a rhymeI would climb right off this planetOn the clearest night of allAnd photograph the futureWhen it finally comes to callI would save up all these imagesThese instants in a boxAnd when I am old and lonelyThey could cover up the clocksAnd I wish I were a cameraI wish it all the timeIt gives my eyes a reasonIt gives my life a rhymeI wish that I could shoot at nightAnd leave without a traceAnd catch my lover's sleeping smileBy the starlight on her faceBut I think mostly that l'd see children'Cause they haven't learned to hideAnd they watch me on my bicycleAnd laugh with me as I ride