Thumbellina Ballerina

It was early nineteen thirty four The world was set to change Europe was on fire It was time to rearrange Poland was the first stop The German Army on the move So we left for America I hope you did approve You came with me to Jersey On a trip across the sea You've guarded all my secrets Known by only you and me You used to spin quite gaily Now you just stand there en pointe You're my clipped wing little angel That's the name I shall anoint Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet I sit here and remember All the treasures you once hid You've still some trinkets in there Some from when I was a kid Your tu tu is all tattered The silk lining frayed and torn But, you've held together nicely But, I guess we're both quite worn Your lipstick isn't red now I hear your music in my head It hasn't played for 50 years I just remember it instead The music gave up playing You were slightly over wound But, you still twirled and kept dancing Even though there was no sound Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet I've told you more than anyone Than I have ever known We've been together now forever You're the most precious thing I own You've been with me for two husbands And you've seen my kids pass on There's just me and you, my dancing girl All the rest of them are gone Your paint is chipped and cracked Your pony tail is broken too If I still can recollect now In the fall of fifty two Your spring is rusted tightly You need a hand to stand up right But, then again, I do as well And most days it's quite the fight Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet Charms and little trinkets Plastic jewellery, real as well Secrets of a child Secrets you would never tell I am now moving to December Of my calendar of years Soon my life will end and There's no one left to shed me tears I sit here and I wonder What shall become of you My Thumbelina Ballerina In your dancing dress of blue You started as a music box You are not used as that no more But, Thumbelina Ballerina Will you dance for me once more? Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet