CIRCUS D'ESCARGOT
Pour Jeanne <3
This is my cover of La Chanson Des Vieux Cons and a little video that I shot and also a little story I wrote. When I happened across this little Snail Trail I was absolutely enchanted. Seems that it was in celebration of a child's 1st Birthday : 0) The video is a bit jerky due to being hand-held and off the cuff, but I hope you will agree it gives itself a little je ne sais quoi and charm : 0) Also I am extremely clumsy and knocked one of the stones flying with my lens, but who knows, maybe that's the one who was the star of the flying trapeze!!! ; 0)))) I could only fit half the song and half the video in due to the limitation of time allowed by Flickr, but I don't think it detracts too much from what I hoped to achieve. Certainly I won't be winning any awards at the Cannes Film Festival, ha ha!! ; 0)))
“No matter where you're from your dreams are valid.”
- Lupita Nyong'o
Story of the little pebble who became a snail who became a circus star …
A little pebble from the beach
had a dream one day
he dreamt that he was a beautiful snail
sitting on the sea wall in this pretty bay
a pebble is allowed to dream
his wishes can come true
he deserves a chance to live his dream
he is as worthy as me and you
well someone made his dream come true
he was chosen and taken from the beach
a little child painted a snail on him
and let him wish that he could teach
so he taught a few of the other pebbles
and they were also drawn upon
they lined up on the sea wall
but never forgot where they came from
but the first stone was getting itchy feet
he wanted to travel fast
and snails are very slow creatures
and he wanted to have a blast
the circus had come to the green one night
the lights were bright and beckoned
he was excited to see inside the tent
it would be heaven or so he reckoned
he looked behind him at the other snails
and he came to this conclusion
he would run away with the circus folk
he was under no illusion
everybody gets to dream
and some dream big and some dream small
but this little pebble who was now a snail
dreamed that he could have it all
so off he went; his home on his back
he sneaked into the circus ring
next day they were gone and so was he
I heard them go and he was laughing
so if the circus comes to your town
look out for this little snail
remember that he used to be a stone
but now he leaves a blazing trail
jumping through a ring of fire
riding on a pony
swinging high on the trapeze above
The Circus Snail
The One and Only! ; 0)))
- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission
Video and cover song by me
CIRCUS D'ESCARGOT
Pour Jeanne <3
This is my cover of La Chanson Des Vieux Cons and a little video that I shot and also a little story I wrote. When I happened across this little Snail Trail I was absolutely enchanted. Seems that it was in celebration of a child's 1st Birthday : 0) The video is a bit jerky due to being hand-held and off the cuff, but I hope you will agree it gives itself a little je ne sais quoi and charm : 0) Also I am extremely clumsy and knocked one of the stones flying with my lens, but who knows, maybe that's the one who was the star of the flying trapeze!!! ; 0)))) I could only fit half the song and half the video in due to the limitation of time allowed by Flickr, but I don't think it detracts too much from what I hoped to achieve. Certainly I won't be winning any awards at the Cannes Film Festival, ha ha!! ; 0)))
“No matter where you're from your dreams are valid.”
- Lupita Nyong'o
Story of the little pebble who became a snail who became a circus star …
A little pebble from the beach
had a dream one day
he dreamt that he was a beautiful snail
sitting on the sea wall in this pretty bay
a pebble is allowed to dream
his wishes can come true
he deserves a chance to live his dream
he is as worthy as me and you
well someone made his dream come true
he was chosen and taken from the beach
a little child painted a snail on him
and let him wish that he could teach
so he taught a few of the other pebbles
and they were also drawn upon
they lined up on the sea wall
but never forgot where they came from
but the first stone was getting itchy feet
he wanted to travel fast
and snails are very slow creatures
and he wanted to have a blast
the circus had come to the green one night
the lights were bright and beckoned
he was excited to see inside the tent
it would be heaven or so he reckoned
he looked behind him at the other snails
and he came to this conclusion
he would run away with the circus folk
he was under no illusion
everybody gets to dream
and some dream big and some dream small
but this little pebble who was now a snail
dreamed that he could have it all
so off he went; his home on his back
he sneaked into the circus ring
next day they were gone and so was he
I heard them go and he was laughing
so if the circus comes to your town
look out for this little snail
remember that he used to be a stone
but now he leaves a blazing trail
jumping through a ring of fire
riding on a pony
swinging high on the trapeze above
The Circus Snail
The One and Only! ; 0)))
- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission
Video and cover song by me