Pleasant Little Kingdom

It's a pleasant little kingdom
Full of pleasant little things
Full of scintillating dinners
With neighboring kings
There's a castle in the country
For weekends of rest
And we entertain at parties
In the little time remaining
And we're entertained by others
And it's very entertaining

An efficient little kingdom
The dominion of the queen
Where at any given moment
The ashtrays are clean
Therе are many little battles
Which nеver are fought
And if, on occasion, I think about you
It's a pleasant little thought

So I write another book
And I head another drive
And we take a trip we took
And the dinner guests arrive
And unless you really look
You would think we were alive, and
God help me Sally
I've loved you all my life

Too many mornings
Waking and pretending I reach for you
Thousands of mornings
Dreaming of my girl
All that time wasted
Merely passing through
Time I could have spent
So content
Wasting time with you

Too many mornings
Wishing that the room might be filled with you
Morning to morning
Turning into days
All the days
That I thought would never end
All the nights
With another day to spend
All those times
I'd look up to see
Sally standing at the door
Sally moving to the bed
Sally resting in my arms
With her head against my head

Was it ever real?
Did I ever love you this much?
Did we ever feel
So happy then?
It was always real
And I always loved you this much
We can always feel this happy

Too many mornings
Wasted in pretending I reach for you
How many mornings
Are there still to come?
How much time
Can we hope that there will be?
Not much time
But it's time enough for me
If there's time
To look up and see
Sally standing at the door
Sally moving to the bed
Sally resting in my arms
With her head against my head