What were the skies like when you were young

"They went on forever and they,
And the skies always had little fluffy clouds
And they moved down, they were long and clear
And there were lots of stars at night

they were beautiful
The most beautiful skies as a matter of fact
The sunsets were purple and red and yellow and on fire
And the clouds would catch the colors everywhere
That's neat, 'cause I used to look at them all the time when I was little, you don't see that..."

They say a piece of music can transport you anywhere, but the flipside must be that it can also forever hold an association. Whenever I see a sky full of bubbly little cumulus like this I hear the sample of Ricki Lee Jones over a distant tripping drumbeat as The Orb's wonderful Little Fluffy Clouds comes unbidden into my mind.