Nine Songtext
von Dianne Reeves

I remember life as if it were yesterday
I can hear my friends outside of my window
Say can you come out and play
And I brought a bag of her mama′s cooking spoons
So we can dig a hole and try to reach China
And get there by early noon

Our imagination soared on golden wings
Across a sky filled with dreams
Any child could wear a paper crown and be a king or queen
At night

I remember days of playing without a care
Coming home with sniffles and clothes hanging off me
With leaves in my hair
Everybody's child belonged to the neighborhood
So you could tell your troubles to old aunt Savannah
′Cause she always understood


Running endless through a field of emerald green
Beneath a broad open sky
I will treasure all my days
When I was innocent and free
At night
Night

Running and jumping and skipping and laughing
Rolling and shaking and joking and hiding
Mother may I, Simon says you're it, you spit
Hide and seek, you peek, no I didn't
Yes you did, you′re unfair, I don′t care
I saw Sammy's underwear

Double Dutch, kickball, hopscotch, bobby socks
Mary Mack all dressed in black
Who is that? Can she play tag?
I′m the doctor, you're the nurse
What you mean I was first?
Shoving and pushing and crying and screaming
And dreaming and beaming and dancing in a line
You show me yours, I′ll show you mine
Uh-uh, I'm going home, it′s dinnertime
Night

Night

Night
Night