Kate Bush

  In Search of Peter Pan

    It's been such a long week.
    So much crying.
    I no longer see a future.
    I've been told when I get older
    That I'll understand
    It all.

    But I'm not sure if I want to.

    Running into her arms
    At the school gates--
    She whispers that I'm a poor kid.
    And Granny takes me on her knee.
    She tells me I'm too sensitive.
    She makes me sad.

    She makes me feel like an old man.
    She makes me feel like an old man.

        They took the game right out of it.
        They took the game right out of it.

        When I am a man
        I will be an astronaut,
        And find Peter Pan.

        Second star on the right,
        Straight on 'til morning.
        Second star on the right,
        Straight on 'til morning.

    Dennis loves to look
    In the mirror.
    He tells me that he is beautiful.
    So I look too, and what do I see?
    My eyes are full,
    But my face is empty.

    He's got a photo
    Of his hero.
    He keeps it under his pillow.
    But I've got a pin-up
    From a newspaper
    Of Peter Pan.

    I found it in a locket.
    I hide it in my pocket.

        They took the game right out of it.
        They took the game right out of it.

        When I am a man
        I will be an astronaut,
        And find Peter Pan.

        Second star on the right,
        Straight on 'til morning.
        Second star on the right,
        Straight on 'til morning.
        Second star on the right,
        Straight on 'til morning.

        "When you wish upon a star,
        Makes no difference who you are.
        When you wish upon a star
        Your dreams come true."*

[*--"When you wish upon a star...": The lyrics to this codaic verse were
taken by Kate from the Harline/Washington song, When You Wish Upon a Star,
written in 1940 for the Walt Disney animated feature Pinocchio, a film
which also influenced Kate's imagery for the song Get Out of My House.]