we were on an island and we rode a tandem bike to the top of a hill
you were in back and a man in a wagon said you weren’t peddling at all
we pulled off to a pub that was just opening or just about to close
and we raised our glasses in honor of moments like those
we danced across the the square beneath the saints and between ancient museums
we shared an ice cream cone and pigeons flew around us picking up crumbs
you lit a candle for a friend and the crowd disappeared, where to? who knows
one thing’s for sure, your perspective changes during moments like those
hey, let’s give it all away
the only thing i want to keep back for myself, dear, is you
oh, i don’t know how it’ll all go
but it’d be worth it if we managed just a few more moments like those
we rode a moped to a dusty town for fresh sardines and rose liqueur
and listened to old rockabilly records that the waiter played
and as usual we talked about selling off everything that we owned
so we could live our lives a way that prioritized moments like those
i’ve been negotiating prices, selling ice cubes to eskimos
it’s steady work but some days i feel like i’m a hundred years old
you do something with computers, you’ve explained it a thousand times but i still don’t know
we ain’t doing bad but it ain’t anything compared to moments like those
hey, let’s give it all away
the only thing i want to keep back for myself, dear, is you
oh, i don’t know how it’ll all go
but it’d be worth it if we managed just a few more moments like those
hey, let’s not leave it up to fate
too many people live their lives for the programs on tv
oh, the birds and the flowers are well clothed
let’s leave it all behind and try to find more moments like those