Sometimes
When you go to bed at night
Do you lay there and stare because
Things don’t seem right?
You stare at the ceiling
You stare at the door
Your eyes won’t stay closed
So you stare some more
Your pillow is lumpy
There’s sand in your sheets
Your blankets don’t cover your two bare feet
Too hot, too cold
Too cool, too warm
You toss and turn wiggle and squirm
Barking dogs
Croaking frogs
Moons too bright
There’s too much light
So there you lie
You lie and think
Mouth’s too dry
You need a drink
You try counting sheep
But you just can’t sleep

Now when I’m in this situation
For me the key is imagination
It’s a trick
That never fails
I go down to the sea and I swim with whales
Whales, all kinds of whales
I swim with whales

Humpback, Finback, Orca and grey
Narwal, Bowhead, Beaked, Minke, Sei
Sperm Whale, Dolphin, the little porpoise too
The Right Whale and Pilot, the White and the Blue
These are the whales that swim with me
They move along so gracefully
These are the whales that swim with me
Whales of beauty in the big blue sea


Spouts go up as we plunge down
Through the foam
We roam
This ocean home
We feel the rush
Of water at our sides
A bubbly whoosh
A kick a glide
A ride so smooth and dream like
It seems like
Another world down there, where
The giant kelp sways and otters play
Way down below
Where the lantern fish glow
We float so still
So quiet in that liquid night
Below the reach of the sun’s warm light

Then back up we stream
Back toward the lights splintered beams
Through the ceiling of water we burst and fly
Exploding upward into sky
We pound back down to end our flight
Plumes of spray turn blue to white

All is still now and so are we
Except for the breeze that gently blows
It tickles and ripples the surface of the sea
Where bouncing sun flakes shimmer and glow
We rest we roll
To our sides
And rise
Up and down
In the ocean tide

Oh what a journey
Oh what a tale
When I go down to the sea and I swim with whales
Whales, all kinds of whales
I swim with whales
Humpback, Finback, Orca and grey
Narwal, Bowhead, Beaked, Minke, Sei
Sperm Whale, Dolphin, the little porpoise too
The Right Whale and Pilot, the White and the Blue
These are the whales that swim with me
They move along so gracefully
These are the whales that swim with me
Whales of beauty in the big blue sea