Lyrics
[verse]
I built myself a summer out of thin cut light
Pasted up a morning cause I missed the sunshine bright
Horns are softly playing something breezy, something free
This paper sun is all the sun I need to see
[chorus]
Paper sun, hanging in my window frame
Paper sun, burning without any flame
Cut from gold and taped against the gray
Paper sun, keep the real one far away
[verse]
The city's full of shadows, full of concrete, full of noise
But in my little corner there's a summer I employ
Jazzy horns are drifting through a lazy afternoon
I'll take my paper sunshine over any monsoon
[chorus]
Paper sun, hanging in my window frame
Paper sun, burning without any flame
Cut from gold and taped against the gray
Paper sun, keep the real one far away
[bridge]
Maybe it's not real, maybe it's just play
But it gets me through another gray old day
Fold it up and carry it around
This little sun of paper, safe and sound
[chorus]
Paper sun, hanging in my window frame
Paper sun, burning without any flame
Cut from gold and taped against the gray
Paper sun, keep the real one far away