Big Fish

Written for my friend and colleague Stuart and dedicated to his daughter Imogen. Said the father to the daughter Let's seize this golden day We won't live forever While the sun shines make hay Said the daughter to the father Well what do you wanna do? I'm just happy to be here To be here with you We can climb up a mountain Climb up a tree We could jump in the river Jump in the sea We can hold a celebration With candles and balloons We can hold a conversation with the man up on the moon Let's go down to the river Just sit there, take our time If we see the fish shimmer We can throw them in a line Let's try and catch a big one Cook it on the fire These memories last forever That's all my heart desires We can climb up a mountain Climb up a tree We could jump in the river Jump in the sea We can hold a celebration With candles and balloons We can hold a conversation with the man up on the moon Well, you gave us all the wisdom To cherish every day To live for the moment in each and every way When I think of all the things we've done I think of all our time But we never caught that big fish That big fish on the line We can climb up a mountain Climb up a tree Jump in the river Jump in the sea We can hold a celebration With candles and balloons We can hold a conversation with the man up on the moon The father he got older And he lay there in his bed She sat down beside him Saying, I remember what you said I cherished every moment Please let me hold your hand I know it's a long time since I was a child I hope you understand Well we climbed up that mountain We climbed up that tree We jumped in the river We jumped in the sea We held those celebrations With candles and balloons We held that conversation with the man up on the moon But we never caught that big fish That big fish, you and me One day I'm gonna catch it And you'll be there with me