Lyrics: Stuart Matthew Price/Timothy Knapman
Music: Stuart Matthew Price/Timothy Knapman
Oh Sam, Sam…
I know I told you lots of stories when you were small,
and I wanted you to read -
The Three Musketeers! Treasure Island! The War of the Worlds!
because I thought if I fed your imagination
our little flat wouldn’t seem so… little.
I wanted your world to be as big and as bright as it could be.
But you’re older now,
and you’ve got to see the way things really are.
I’ll be all right, mum. I promise.
You’re no longer a child,
you’re that little bit older.
The sun’s almost gone,
the air’s getting colder.
We can’t pretend
the last day of summer’s at an end.
But tomorrow you start your new school,
where you’ll make new friends, have new adventures.
We all have to grow up, Sam.
It’s time to forget about the past and concentrate on the future.
It might all seem scary
or come as a shock,
but time keeps on turning
like hands on a clock.
And sooner or later
before you can blink,
it’s gone;
carry on.
Then let me stay out a bit longer.
So I can make the most of it.
I know it sounds boring
to stop having fun,
but you must believe
I know what’s best for you, son.
For one single moment
can cause us to change,
you’ll see;
take it from me.
Life runs on and soon you’ll know:
change is good; time to grow.
Just a few more minutes then.
But I want all those boxes unpacked before bedtime.
Mum!
I mean it.
All those years, gone so fast.
Precious moments, now they’re past.
I don’t want to stop playing.
I don’t want to go back inside.
I don’t want to go and unpack
all my boxes just yet.
I’ll wait for the sunset!
I don’t know if I’m ready.
I don’t know if I am prepared.
I don’t know if tomorrow could
be any better than this.
Let me stay where I am so I don’t miss
the last day of summer,
it’s fading away
but I want it to stay.
My last day of summer
still shines on,
but the moment I wake up tomorrow,
it’s gone.
One last game before it’s done,
Sam the spaceman to the sun.
Watch me fly!
I can fly!
All right, that’s it, Sam! Time’s up!
But the moment I wake up tomorrow, it’s…
Now please!
Coming, Mum!