As I look at the morning sky
Today the wind is blowing hard
See that bird is floating high
Pretty soon it will be tired
I spent a day all by myself
A rich man without his wealth
Sometimes I get it wrong
But I'm not the only one
The afternoon was very clear
The sun was beating down on me
I got thirsty for a beer
That I had to go to sea
The sea was very rough
It made me feel sick
But I like that kind of stuff
It beats arithmetic
I don't want the world to change
I like the way it is
Just give me one more wish
I can't get enough of this
When it gets to be alive
And not just still survive
To hit and not to miss
I can't get enough of this
The early evening mists
Look beautiful to me
Was sweeter than a kiss
I wish you all could see
I'm a long long way from home
But this photograph of you
Even though it's monochrome
Tells me what I should do
So I got up on my feet
I knew it would be alright
For my clothes were looking beat
In the middle of the night
I don't want the world to change
I like the way it is
Just give me one more wish
I can't get enough of this
When it gets to be alive
And not just still survive
To hit and not to miss
I can't get enough of this
I don't want the world to change
I like the way it is
Just give me one more wish
I can't get enough of this
When it gets to be alive
And not just still survive
To hit and not to miss
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
I can't get enough of this
Mother, mother found me on her step
Gracious mother held me to her breast
Until the day I started pushin'
Too late to cry, she turned away
I started pushin'
I saw no future in this lack
I started pushin' forward back
Baby brother clinging to her hair
Gracious, pleading not another
Soul to bare, he started pushin'
All my kings have fallen down
I started pushin'
Fallen heroes feed the ground
I started pushin' forward back
Falling down, now I know her
I know I'll never drown
I was pushin' forward back
I might be moving to the east
to part my ways
And I will try to get something
I don't have yet
If I do, I will look at it
for days and days
Unti I will never forget
I have heard this mental search
has made them all
take a look along the border
Having the urge
For their minds
to be lifted
to something new
I'm running to meet
my higher self
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
to run anymore
Miles and miles I run
I hear my feet
And I hear myself breathe
heavily
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
To run anymore
As we were talking outside, it was cold
We were shivering, yet warmed by the subject matter
“My wife is in the next room We’ve been having troubles, you know
Please, don’t tell her or anyone, but I need to talk to somebody”
You said, “Wouldn’t it be a shame if I knew how great I was five minutes before I died?
I’d be filled with such regret before I took my last breath”
And I said, “You’re willing to tell me this now, and you’re not gonna to die any time soon”
And I said, “I haven’t been eating chicken or meat or anything”
And you said, “Yes, but you’ve been wearing leather”, and laughed and said, “We’re at the top of the food chain, and yes, you’re still a fine woman”
I cringed
I was hoping, I was hoping we could heal each other
I was hoping, I was hoping we could be raw together
We left the restaurant where the head waiter, in his 60s, said “Goodbye, sir
Thank you for your business, sir
You’re successful and established, sir
And we like the frequency with which you dine here, sir… and your money”
And when I walked by, they said, “Thank you too, dear”
I was all pigtails and cords, and there was a day when I would’ve said something like, “Hey, dude, I could buy and sell this place, so kiss it”
I too once thought I was owed something
I was hoping, I was hoping we could challenge each other
I was hoping, I was hoping we could crack each other up
I too thought that, when proved wrong, I lost somehow
And I too once thought life was cruel, and it’s a cycle, really
You think I’m withdrawing and guilt-tripping you
I think you’re insensitive, and I don’t feel heard
And I said, “Do you believe we are fundamentally judgmental, fundamentally evil?”, and you said, “Yes”
I said, “I don’t believe in revenge, in right or wrong, good or bad”
You said, “Well, what about that man that I saw handcuffed in the emergency room, bleeding after beating his kid, and she threw a shoe at his head? I think what he did was wrong and I would’ve had a hard time feeling compassion for him”
I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged
I was hoping, I was hoping we could dance together
I was hoping, I was hoping we could be creamy together
