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Now, that
Took me by surprise
How about you?
Wow! That
Took me by surprise
Impromptu
I get
A new pair of shoes
Probably
The ones you lose
But, they
Sure help
This dancing muse
All those
Lights are flashing
A K-9 unit, too?
That blows
The crowd dashing
To get out of view
The truck
Pulling out
The truck
Gets stuck
In the mud
The jerk offs
Pulling their pud
Wanna be called
Office-sir
While life
Goes by
In a blur
ABOUT THIS SONG
It was my birthday. Because of prior obligations, I did not think I would be free. At the last minute, the situation changed. So, we had a surprise party. As it was Halloween, we took are party on the road and ended up at another costume party.
It was raining hard. Cars got stuck in the mud. A friend of mine was dressed up like an Asian Santa Clause. The mud was so deep she took off her shoes and handed them to me. While I was walking around holding them, a caravan of police vehicles arrived. The crowd scattered.
The next day on FaceBook I wrote:
Now THAT was a surprise party… not sure who was surprised more… me or you?
And, the friend wrote:
Where the heck did you go last night!? haha i was hiding in the car from the cops for an hour and then you were gone ( buuuut it was fun glad you came out and hope you had an awesome birthday.. ps do you have asian santas shoes? lol
To which I replied:
Ha… I thought the shoes were my birthday present from Santa? By the way, you inspired a new song.
It goes in one ear
And, out the other
Never coming near
The attention span
Never coming in
Clear
It’s a good thing
We don’t depend
On our bridging
The gap
If the synapse
Is an indicator…
Or, we’d all be
Later
If we let time lapse
Everything we fear
Will be upon us
So, lets gain focus
Less it be our end
Let’s hear it clear
It can’t go in one ear
And, out the other
Forever missing –
The attention span
No, no, no
Instead,
Let’s be led
To human, upon human,
Forming The Attention Span
We can
Span any divide
No matter how wide –
The attention span
Bridge any distance
No matter how far
Overcome resistance
To being bizarre
The attention span
After all,
What’s so bizarre
To listening?
Needn’t fall
Maim or mare
Global positioning
The attention span
Of human
C / C7 / Gm / Bb
The summer
Came and went
So quickly
Now, the fall
Is settling in
The numb-er
Is the gent
Who luckily
Missed the ball
In oblivion
Unaware
It’s the season
Of Change
Unaware
There’s reason
To re-arrange
Unaware
Or doesn’t care
To share
Soon winter
Will arrive
Moving closer
To a new year
To a new age
Sets the stage
For “all clear”
No more loser
Left alive
Come together
The fall
Will be over
And all
Come together
Fall over
Tell me this again:
Time is growing thin
Many will lose
And, some may win
The who whose
Baring a grin
Looked within
And, gave throughout
The entire route
From birth to death
Earns worth
One second’s value
Is the same as two
The value holds true
I can’t save time
For a rainy day
I can’t accumulate
At any rate
Time
I’m
To emulate
My potential
The energy in me
Make my genetic
Kinetic
The value in me
Figure how
To find the value
In now
One second’s value
Is the same as two…
Or more
The value holds true
For sure
Put meant
In every
Moment
Make very
Important
The present
I just can’t wait
No, I can’t wait
I just can’t wait
I anticipate the date of our fate
When we see
Our destiny
We set a course in motion
And, according to Newton
We’re about to learn
That this object in motion
Is going to destruct
Under it’s own propulsion
I just can’t wait
Anticipate the date of our fate
Where we collapse
Under our own weight
Do we love to love
Do we love to hate
Do we hate hate?
Tick Tock Tick Tock
If you are feeling down
And, your smile turned to frown
Well, look around
At what can be found
What can you do?
It’s really nothing new
Just raise your voice on high
Shout to the sky
Say a prayer out loud
Above the crowd
Maybe you’ll receive mercy
Mercy, mercy, mercy
I try my best
Not to have you pity me
If you are feeling down
And, your smile turned to frown
What would you say
If I was thinking
We could be sinking
Just take a look around
And, see what you see
And, can it
Really be?
Disrespect the rock
Disrespect the land
Disrespect the tree
Can’t you see?
We can’t go on and on and on
To infinity
Can’t you see
Can’t we see
Don’t we see
Cause I
Ya, know I
I could be thinking
That we’re sinking
I could be thinking
That we are sinking
Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
Ozone Pollution And Extinction
Is It The End Of The World As We Know It?
What you want
Can’t always be
Achieved as conceived
If only…
What you want
You’ll always need
Unless you concede
To succeed
Never bleed
If you could only read the signs
Because they’re everywhere
If we were aware
To pay a little bit of attention
To what’s around
The answer’ld be found
What we want
You’ll always need
Unless we concede
To succeed
A flood of blood
We’ll bleed
Unless we have faith
In heaven above
Unless we have faith
In the power of love
We’ll always want
What we need
We’ll always need
What we want