little to say and little in mind, it's hard to think of anything this time. tick, tick, tick my life hastens away what is left of this earth anyway? I came cross a collector. A collector of stars. I ask him why he counts them And what their purposes are. "I keep them to count them," "I count them to gain more," "All the stars are mine," he says, "Any new ones I find, i'll buy and store." How can you, asked I, Purchase any new stars' light? "With all my stars of course!" "I'll transact with their splendor," "With their shimmering shine!" "I buy all the stars i want with these stars of mine!" But what do you do when you have bought all the stars? When you seek, but no more find its light, What good are the stars then which you collected in sight?

little to say and little in mind,

it's hard to think of anything this time.

tick, tick, tick my life hastens away

what is left of this earth anyway?

I came cross a collector.

A collector of stars.

I ask him why he counts them

And what their purposes are.

"I keep them to count them,"

"I count them to gain more,"

"All the stars are mine," he says,

"Any new ones I find, i'll buy and store."

How can you, asked I,

Purchase any new stars' light?

"With all my stars of course!"

"I'll transact with their splendor,"

"With their shimmering shine!"

"I buy all the stars i want with these stars of mine!"

But what do you do when you have bought all the stars?

When you seek, but no more find its light,

What good are the stars then which you collected in sight?