May your dreams be all of sun And heated sand, and sky When you wake may all your singing Help your heart to fly May you never be closed in an amber cage With an amber lock and key May you roar and sing beneath the sun And the shade of the Upas tree Bear your tiny teeth, my child The sun will fall in love with you And teach you how to sting and roar And sing and kill, as fathers do. Turn your prayer to sky and sand Nomatter where you fall May the desert echoes teach you All their secret songs My amber cage had an amber lock And the girl had an amber key And a manticore was bound and sore In the city in the trees. My amber cage had an amber lock And the good girl a key of her own She set me free with a shining smile And far from all cages we roam May the desert echoes hold you In their ruddy paws May your prayer be heard by sky and sand Nomatter where you fall May you never be closed in an amber cage With an amber lock and key May you roar and sing beneath the sun And the shade of the Upas tree