Attic Toys Songtext
von Nana Mouskouri

Rocking chairs and rocking horses
Teddy bears and flying saucers
Bric-a-brac and broken souvenirs
Christmas lights and carpet wagons
Paper kites and Chinese dragons
Mingle in the shadow of the years

Attic toys in grey profusion
Lying here like strange confusion
Cut into the memories like a knife
Smiling dolls in faded cotton
Dusty world I′d half forgotten
Recollect the story of my life
Smiling dolls in faded cotton
Tell again the story of my life


Gone the time and seed the season
Now I ask the rhyme and reason
Why my little world got left behind?
Here am I this helter skelter
Taking stock and taking shelter
I may find a moment's peace of mind

Attic toys in grey profusion
Vanished hopes and peace illusions
Peel away the memories like a knife
Broken dreams and paradoxes
Side by side in cardboard boxes
Tell again the story of my life
Broken dreams and paradoxes
Jumbled up in cardboard boxes
Tell again the story of my life

Attic toys of fame and pleasure
Lying here like buried treasure
Measure out the story of my life