Philosophical words
Though I’ve logged quite a few
Ain’t hardly no sager and wiser than you
Time tells us to
To stay strong
But all the weeks take too long
Four years of this builds you a tougher shell
Tougher shell
Four years of this builds you a shell
I thought I’d stay smart
And then the day shards my heart
Eaten away, cloaks played a part
For years the bliss filled you, a lovers’ spell
Snubbing hell
You’re here, your ducks live free, carousel
On this stage now
Chemical change inflames our plow
I disarrange, dismiss and disavow all fear
And this twisted one-sidednеss
Lightning bless me
Frontiers wе missed, reveal thyselves now
Haze clouding down the mind, no!
No malaise, drop the shiver
Wise, that crow playing guitar and
Creaking all over the song
Arm in arm...
Inviting the hate to only dwell
In its correct and true home, hell
Then locking the gate we live to tell
And ride right home on the carousel
Arm in arm
Arm in arm
I gave a deer a lot of corn
(Oh dear, I didn’t know!)
And it took me by surprise
How swiftly and how brutally these
Deep lost feelings did arise
(The ground swelled up
The sky closed in
I must not feel this way again)
(Whoa
I felt real lost
I guess I had never felt so all alone
Oh, no!)
So I got mindful with the musk
No hay, no corn, no pies
(We wouldn’t need that statue gone
If that statue being here was wise)
(No fear, no fear, oh dear, no fear)
Being a shame for fun...
It’s not the way to get things done
It’s past time for gliding right into the hum
For years the bliss filled you, a lovers’ spell
Snubbing hell
You’re here, your ducks live free, carousel
Inviting the hate to only dwell
In its correct and true home, hell
Then locking the gate we live to tell
And ride right home on the carousel
Arm in arm
Arm in arm
Yielbongura
We’re standing at a very small door
It’s small and takes time to get through
And just over there, right over there
The most breathtaking numinous elegant beautiful view
Mike Keneally released The Carousel of Progress on Fri Feb 24 2023.