17 Pink Sugar Elephants

Pink Sugar Elephants - Mates Of State

I saw seventeen pink sugar elephants

Sitting under a chestnut tree

I said good morning

Pink sugar elephants

But they wouldn't speak to me

Each had two eyes

But they couldn't see me there

Each had four legs

But they couldn't go anywhere

And so we just sat

That early autumn morning

Sun not yet risen

And magic everywhere

I walked up to one

Pink sugar elephant

Asked why wouldn't

He speak to me

But he was a factory-made

Pink sugar elephant

Given to children

For treats after tea

He had two eyes

But he couldn't see me there

He had four legs

But he couldn't go anywhere

And so we just sat

That early autumn morning

Sun not yet risen and

Magic everywhere

I saw seventeen pink sugar elephants

Sitting under a chestnut tree

I said good morning

Pink sugar elephants

But they wouldn't speak to me