cheerful

POPSICLE SUMMER

here it comes
pop pop pop pop pop popsicle summer

ooh I'm longing for another popsicle
cos Finnish summer is so fickle
every spring at least will bring some new tastes
all of which are not that great
but there might be new candidates for
pop pop pop pop pop popsicle summer

life has just began
and we discover that we're always young
when days are spent in such idle ways
we'd go so far for just a popsicle
cos it's time for pop pop pop pop pop popsicle summer

hats off to Frank Epperson who was just eleven
when he bumped into his invention
a frozen drink combined with a wooden stick (ingenious!)
ice pop ice block ice lolly icy pole
oh so sweet and fresh and ice cold
when it gets hot you'll surely dig this
pop pop pop pop pop popsicle summer

life has just began
and we discover that we're always young
when days are spent in such idle ways
we'd go so far for just a popsicle
cos it's time for pop pop pop pop pop popsicle summer

this is a tribute to
pop pop pop pop pop pop popsicles
of yesteryears that are now missing
Handy with it's pointed finger
Roger Rabbit's jelly center
Jenga was a long green spiral
Batman, Pop Up, Rio Cola
M.A.C. Black Orange, where did you vanish
please stay with me, at least you Pommac and Päärynä Lipsi!

cos it's summer and life has just began
and we discover that we're always young
when days are spent in such idle ways
we'd go so far for just a popsicle
cos it's summer and life has just began
and we discover that we're always young
when days are spent in such idle ways
we'd go so far for just a popsicle
cos it's time for pop pop pop pop pop popsicle summer

last year we waited for the snow in vain
but instead it just rained
and last year the strangest sadness filled the air
we never thought we'd feel this way
on our favourite day of the whole long year

but don't worry because
this year it will be different
real and heartfelt
this year it will be different
all will fall into place
this year won't be like

last year
when the lights of love had disappeared
we were lonely and astray
oh last year
like a candle without a flame
we watched the season slip away
while our hearts were trapped in some cold dark place

but this year it will be different
real and heartfelt
this year it will be different
all will fall into place
because this year wont be like

last year
enough about last year

this year it will be different
real and heartfelt
this year it will be different
our hearts will melt
this year it will be different
all will fall into place
and real love will prevail