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St. Stephen will remainAll he's lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been here so long he's got to calling it home
De-animalize Dying (natural state of neutrality)
Mirror the mind infinite, reflect the heart eternal, thus begins the vision within Witness a fabled constellation, internalize anonymity, simple as a star.
Daylight's inclusive pure view, interpenetrated its after-land's firmament
Mortal sun Integrated in a glimmer's intuitive after fade.
Bringing beginning's upon this spectrum of definition
Intricate insights, return unto an ever present simplicity.
Transcribe the gradual dissipation, naively neutralize what was once
Solitude, forgiven in reflection, of blessed senses, Ah compassionate heart and gentle mind.
Where forth to be seen, agreeing at eye contact, this colorful uniqueness.
The beholder transcends the rain of tears, absolving specks, planks, and splinters.
Let heaven be, its own reflection, nightfall fades closer
Spontaneous consideration, They're to be here, they're to be accepted
De-animalize Dying (natural state of neutrality)
Mirror the mind infinite, reflect the heart eternal, thus begins the vision within Witness a fabled constellation, internalize anonymity, simple as a star.
Daylight's inclusive pure view, interpenetrated its after-land's firmament
Mortal sun Integrated in a glimmer's intuitive after fade.
Bringing beginning's upon this spectrum of definition
Intricate insights, return unto an ever present simplicity.
Transcribe the gradual dissipation, naively neutralize what was once
Solitude, forgiven in reflection, of blessed senses, Ah compassionate heart and gentle mind.
Where forth to be seen, agreeing at eye contact, this colorful uniqueness.
The beholder transcends the rain of tears, absolving specks, planks, and splinters.
Let heaven be, its own reflection, nightfall fades closer
Spontaneous consideration, They're to be here, they're to be accepted
Doubled vision....
That last piece was so heavy,I didn't mind reading it twice....
yes, that hit the spot
yes, that hit the spot
good enough to read twice : )
thanks, JerseySchwartz
bring back, the Boston rag
No Left Turn Unstoned (Cardboard Cowboy/The Monster)Lyrics By: Phil Lesh
When the cardboard cowboy dreams and his cornucopia
Opens up the sky and blows my mind to the corners of
[Far in bar rent shine] running beneath high trembling dove
Leaving me transfixed and raving in the wake of the hammer blow
On my way out of town I stumbled on the shards of a hungry [scream]
And further up into the backdoor circle, where the [power and crystal sea]
[Could this go rise by all allow brater] on the strength of an anguished sigh
And a paranoid re-entry blanket flies sleeping on a sling shot ride
As my patchwork [world/quilt] unravels, I ramble yes too high
[From the looping antrobus with his magic meant so high]
Shining out a masquerade from dawn to alpha plus
Watching mashed potatoes dribble in the heat of reality's earth
[For the intro doom from] running to him
It wasn't ever so
Turns the wall into the sky above me, there is no place to run
dissolve my doubts
aloneon the narrow mountain trail
each step
swishes the willows with prayer
THE ONLY ONE
THE ONLY ONE (Fingers/Ogilvie)
It makes you so angry, You rage and rage again
But you can't spit it outside, it's bottled in your brain
You feel it in the darkness, the rage inside you grow
And you know you're a stranger, in the room below
(Chorus:)
There are no words to say just what it is you mean
But if you feel it's real it's real it's real
It makes you so angry, why can't they see red?
Can no-one else imagine, what can't be said?
You try to put it over, but that gets you nowhere
You wouldn't have to bother, if you didn't care
(Chorus)
And as for all the rest, they think you're in a mess
And say that the know best
But you know better, you keep your temper
It proves that you're still alive
It makes you so angry, a rage that's all your own
It makes you fell so lonely, but you're not alone
For I still feel it that way, and he and she do too
And it's enough for us to know, that it's enough to know.
(Chorus)
What you feel is real
You're not the only one
Dignify the Earth
Dignify the Earth
Cultivate the harvest, from the heart of the earth
Produce the product the producer produces.
From generation to generation we remain responsible for the land
Beasts will help you master the fields, a hundred oxen godspeed the plow.
Wind begins without indication, elements ever forming, remain unsettled
Wilderness is wild with innovation, transfiguration turned clay into productive soil.
The impossible becomes probable, the stubborn furrow yields
The wisdom of the land is true to the earth.
Astrologers conspire to name the stars after their inventions
The plow and ox, the wind and the rain are theirs to command.
Swing a nine pound hammer in cadence alongside the great locomotive
Itinerant spirit's share a lonely dream, like minded travelers are never again lonely.
Human versatility of good intentions return them home to a peaceful life, a good life
Providing for family a loving wife, children hold close the promise of tomorrow
How great this creator's god simplest inspiration determine it was sunlight.
The sun's abundant, blue skies never looked bluer.
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calculated lies
Once it was a crimeNow it is a sacrament
Times do change
if you lounge about
Long enough
Waiting around for nothing
Nothing comes too fast
I am the king of nowhere
Living off the scraps
Of those who want it more
Get there first
Are a little bit hungrier
Then this dreaming idiot
Waiting around for nothing
I feel we're almost there
Setting the dogs loose
On the tender hearts
There's stains
But they don't remain
Jumping the fences
Tipping the boats
You could see it in his eyes
His days were come and gone
Now we are left to decide
May we enjoy our place in
Musical history
The friends we've made
The jokes we've shared
Have served to elevate
The consciousness
We should all be very proud
We stick together good
And move on fine
There is no problem
Once we stop
Drawing the lines
Run
I poured my heart into a cupYou chugged it down and spit it up
My knees break down and whip my soul of your dusty floor
And you turned around and asked for more
Mirage women
Stay away from me
Go run and hide within the trees yes they are all green
Mirage women
oh so sparklin green
Thought you were there, at nothing I stare
And I turned around and I saw more
Sit around
Try to make me frown
But I'm a clown, I run a mile for a simple smile
Yes I'm a clown, I run a mile for a simple smile
I can run awhile till I find more
But you say someday my smile will fade
Then I say someday the sun may smile on your day
it will be mine anyway
-Eddie Howard
back to normal
back to normal
It was a long way down
It was years until I felt
My feet flaps down,
And touching the ground
Then I kept on going
Down, down, down
Into the ground
Down into the fiery depths
Where the wild haired
Hell creatures live
We sat and had a smoke
But they can't leave
And I had to go
So up I swam
Into the cosmic wind
Until a place to sit
Appeared under my fins
So I shook off the feeling
That someone was stealing me
And realized
I just wanted it
All to work out for the best
For every little bodhi
Up into the sky
I saw a shooting star
I reached up to catch it
But it flew right on by
And right when I groaned
And decided to miss it
Here comes another
Even brighter and faster
Eyes glued to the sky
Like some profitable scheme
I learned to fly and
Dream
Can't hold back
Just gotta say it
I can't hold back
Think I'm gonna dance
Cause nothing good happens
When I stop dancing
I humbly thanks you
thank you, when unable to express fully, I rely on the music to say it.
"Big Railroad Blues 6:24 Grateful Dead 1984-04-27 Providence Civic Center"
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1984-04-27.senn441.koucky.ladner.32619…
most days, it's like a monkey on a typewriter, but somedays a butterfly flies out
thankee, and I ain't going nowhere tils ya kicks me out
baby cakes
baby cakes
angel face
that is what you are to me
too soon old
but never grown up
you are a baby face
angel wings
and no disgrace
angel face
you are the whole world to me
there is no one that I would rather
with be
and here you sleep
beside me
I move my arm
You move your head
Now we are resting
In each others dreams
Nestled into our hearts
When do you ever get to join
With your hearts' desire
Angel face
You bring light into my life
Say the word, and we will part
Otherwise we are joined forever
Under the wings of Love divine
We shine
Angel face
To hold you I must let you go
You are a piece of my heart
Angel face
The beauty of which astounds me
The intelligence of which keeps me round
Baby cakes
I will end this poem now
As you are lying in the next room
And I am a crazy man
For sitting in here typing
Until next time gentle reader
Waste no time with trifles
Let the love crystallize into diamond
And be ground into diamond dust
On the way
infinity
If you have ever been outsidethe little mind
You know
Everything is fine
If you ever went all the way back
In time
You know
The axe just fell
And all is well
if you ever tripped over the cosmic power cord
You know that love is the word
And if you ever saw the ever shining sun
With no cloud
You know the time is now
If you ever
Stepped outside
the little mind
You know we are thoughts'
pure expression
If you ever left behind
All time and space
You know their is no
Human race
Just a dust cloud of maybes
That burns baby burns
leaving nothing behind
not even a trace
if you ever stepped outside the little mind
You know the human never wins the race
With empty hands, grasping at what
Was never there
Walk right out the weather's fine
Outside of the little mind
We never die
beyond the confines
Rainbows shooting out of your head
Everything is fine
Love divine
Noble Ash
34 Noble Ash
Transubstantiate selfless actualization
In preparation for meditation, projected upon the prayer sleeve.
Liberate this unsettled lament, dismissed without answer
Remembrance, both seen and unseen, inactive neglect astride the cornerstone.
Reconciled aspect of transfiguration, breathe life into a dying amber
Bread of presence, wine of substance, incense burns at the mausoleum steps.
Of wind swept away, surpassing its promise to follow
Light upon water, ash upon the alter, dusk upon its even fall.
Cast your name upon the cross planks, sacrificing a dying world
Mastering the art of servitude, honors the rights of passage.
The innocent hath suffered actions of injustice and revenge
Each creature's reborn in the creation of their after-land.
Of these memories recreate the inevitable
Leave them here forth forever after.
Please be at peace. respect the heart of the earth
Lay down in the hands of new angels.
Past transgressions breath outside your self
the lost and found, play hide and seek
Tears' of Redemption
Tears of Redemption
Forgive as those forgave the responsive prayers’ of no promise.
The night gave way denying their anonymous sacrifice.
Delicate regret of gods grey image whose randomness lacked mercy.
If only they believed in how they belonged.
Recognizable common ground where measured voices appease meditations resolve.
Burden of paradise transcends an ancient aspect of a native garden.
Wilderness drizzle free from delusions of comedy and tragedy.
Useless denial that Self-truths are self-taught.
A desert stream formed from a Thousand tears.
Fountains of rebirth, reflection hewn from discarded cornerstone.
Sagacious watercourse estuary redemption
Ever flowing river of forgiveness heart’s of universal current.
Tears of tranquility leave only silence
Tears of atonement there’s mercy at the well
now I lay me down to wake
Rocky pillow where I lay my headPine boughs make my bed
Dreams can die
But mine aren't dead
Flying to a line
No one can see
Truth be told
Effortlessly
the three poisons
drift by
the waterfall where I rest my thought
Eye already saw and took care of this
Poisons of self: desire
ignorance, and anger, three
Don't do nothing for me
If you found the
Harmony
Fly be free
If you've got the thirst
You'll do the time
Here in the dream
Where love is a crime
ah ah ah
Is all I've got to say
I agree with nothing
that comes this way
This mortal life to me
is only the supposed existence
of something other than reality
I look beyond the impermanence
nothing real is impermanent
I turn my gaze elsewhere than this place
For permanence
The idea of a rose, and a man,
has always been the same, and
it always will, eternity it
Don't ever change
that is where I be
Rocky pillow where I lay my head
Pine boughs make my bed
Dreams can die
but mine aren't dead
the albatross from birdland
the albatross from birdland
he swung to and fro
with a plastic horn
showing up all late and bleary eyed
but no one could stand his sound
still no one can outshine it
He could make it shimmer all around
the albatross from birdland
and at yasgurs' farm
when jimi broke open the day
with sounds from heaven to hell
and back and from beyond
no one can stand
where that man stands
for now time warner stamping ground
the albatross from birdland
build him a ladder
and he climb right up
and jump right off and
he fly like a bird
why do we treat so roughly
the light sent to this world?
he went around across the planet
the albatross from birdland
when do you leave it all
for the next crowd to
understand
do you still look down
with your singular grin?
always putting
your best thought forward
and walking the line
the albatross from birdland
We've had time enough
For a new bird to land
And a new shoulder to stand on
His heart must be so kind
For the bird to land
For the bird to land
the albatross from birdland
Dancing In The Dark / Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Dark / Bruce Springsteen
I get up in the evening, and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the moring, I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
Message keeps getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round the place
I check myself out in the mirror, I wanna change my clothes my hair my face
Man I ain't getting nowhere, just sitting in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere baby, I just know that there is
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older, there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders, come on baby, this laugh's on me
Stay on the streets of this town, and they'll be carving you up alright
They say you got to stay hungry, hey baby, I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction, come on now baby give me just one look
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
Hey baby!
I'll wait beside the waters
Many human dream problemsarise from the simple error of 'out=looking'
spiritual seeing is absolutely always 'in-looking'
in any problematic situation,
the problems I am having
with my self
demand 24 hour a day 7 day a week constant attention
I have no time for looking out at others' faults
Unless, and of course if, they ask me to
My own human barrenness of affection
Bites my heel and shadows my way
However, in the 'in-looking'
The constant insistence on the 'in-looking'
leads me to the desired mountaintop
And the view that is vast and total
360 degress spherically
forever in all directions
the mountaintop of LOVE is REAL
up the steep trail of
LOVE your ENEMY
crowns the glory of on high
breaks the prison chains
and instead of discussing
the vagaries of prison food
from in between the bars
I can say
How may I help you?
Have you also been caught up
In the crazy 'out-looking'?
May I guide your eyes
Once again inside
While you regain
your upright stature
I'll wait beside
the waters
I Fought the Law
I FOUGHT THE LAW
(Sonny Curtis)
Breakin' rocks in the ... hot sun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I needed money, 'cause I ... had none
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
Well, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
Robbin' people with a . . . SIX gun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I miss my baby and the ... good fun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
But, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
Victim or the Crime
Victim or the Crime
Lyrics By: Gerrit Graham
Patience runs out on the junkie
The dark side hires another soul
Did he steal his fate or earn it
Was he force-fed, did he learn it
Whatever happened to his precious self control
Like him I'm tired of trying to heal
This tom-cat heart with which I'm blessed
Is destruction loving's twin
Must I choose to lose or win
Maybe when my turn comes I will have guessed
These are the horns of the dilemma
What truth is proof against all lies
When sacred fails before profane
The wisest man is deemed insane
Even the purest of romantics compromise
What fixation feeds this fever
As the full moon pales and climbs
Am I living truth or rank deceiver
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Or the crime
And so I wrestle with the angel
To see who'll reap the seeds I sow
Am I the driver or the driven
Will I be damned to be forgiven
Is there anybody here but me who needs to know
What it is to face this fever
As the full moon pales and climbs
Am I living truth or rank deceiver
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Or the crime
Let the Sunshine In -- Hair
Let the Sunshine in -- James Rado, Jerome Ragni
We starve, look at one another, short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes
Somewhere, inside something there is a rush of
Greatness, who knows what stands in front of
Our lives, I fashion my future on films in space
Silence tells me secretly
Everything
Everything
Manchester, England, England
Manchester, England, England
Across the Atlantic Sea
And I'm a genius, genius
I believe in God
And I believe that God believes in Claude
That's me, that's me, that's me
We starve, look at one another, short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes
Singing our space songs on a spider web sitar
Life is around you and in you
Answer for Timothy Leary, dearie
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Midnight sound bite
Midnight sound bite
The mountain ridges look like
Interlocking fingers
Folded hands
With each ridge a
Softer shade of blue
To the peak
Clothed in a cloud
Weighing the options
Who's gonna
Make it to the end
Mud and gravel make a road
I walk on
Cities of snails
The lupine smiles
Yellow butterflies
Intertwine in time
Dylan's crickets
Still singing in rhyme
How to stand clear of
The beast ripping into itself
Every opinion gets
Swept away
Into trance
The pine trees slowly sway
Spreading sweet balsam smell
Far and wide
Whispering
Love has already
Turned the tide
Doing the math
No matter how bad
The fear media
Says it is
Love has already
Turned the tide
Set the error on its side
And won the day
Peace reigns
Supreme
Mossy rock
Slowing water
On its fall
Splashing sunlight
Over all.
different city, same state
Why would anyone want a heavenwhere all this really happened?
Where the world, in all its sordid glory,
Actually exists, more than in our dream,
And all the terrible disasters
Actually happened?
I do not think many do,
most seem to yearn for a reality
where none of the bad happened
Reality is such, none of the bad,
and none of the good, of the world
But what is there, we can again
Call good, with a new meaning
Are you fighting for a love
that could ever include hate?
Love is without hate,
And pure;
Good is without evil,
And heaven is beyond and clear of
This transitory dream world
As it darkens smokes and dies
Is there really
Any one left
Wondering why?
We choose to appreciate
or we choose to judge
And the world then seen
Is very much different indeed
Same city, different state
of mind.
Do we want a reality
Where all the murderous rages
Are as real as the Golden Rule
Or the Four Noble truths?
No, those thoughtless acts
of hateful ignorance
never happened in heaven
While all the selfless caring
Acts you yourself continue
Doing up to this very moment
reflect the very reality
That no eye can see
We have all been enlightened all along
And every caring act
However much we try to hide it
behind a gruff exterior
Still reflects the eternal
Spiritual reality
of course you know that
So what is the problem?
Where is the problem?
It was always
Just a cloud
In front of my eyes
A black dot
That grew too large
until I couldnt see
Love is the endless
Deep blue sky
Clouds, unreal,
Pass by.
Least of Ashes
Least of Ashes
Demand to die dignified it’s our birthright.
Accepting terms, embracing the universal tear.
O weary duration, respite in a grasp of daybreak.
Gathered in the collective of noble sorrow.
Immutable finality, cornerstone anon.
Windward tranquility, surpassed as a shadow’s inheritance.
Remains unfettered in a blessed sense of neutrality.
This is it, there it is, liberation in the mysteries nuance.
Firmament evaporating upon the eyes.
Void is perfect, dismissed without closure.
Transpired upon the surface where sway is spent, in a breath replete.
.
II
Of these memories, none are yours.
Lone survivor of the dying years.
Ashen angels fall from the hands of the helpless.
Seraph retinue remains seen and unseen.
Sunrise rebukes the grey.
Vespers, native prayer sleeve, individual aspect of transfiguration.
Save your grave name for the rights of passage.
Redemptions fortune, causeway path at the gates of ages‘.
Opaque nothingness surfaced an unconfirmed entireness.
The immortal sun, reconciles its after-land,
Last to be suffered are to be reborn never again.
Continuum complete ere long, forever after.
Least of ashes are called upon the wind
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(Tell me all that you know I'll show you snow and rain)
simple math decision
it's a simple math decisionbetween addition or division
when the way looks dark and scary
and the dark clouds loom overhead
we get to the point
where we just want to give in
if we all pull together now and hold hands
we will make it all go away
holding hands means love
and love means addition
breaking down means fear
and fear means division
if we push to see through all our differentness
we will make it to the universal
and though we retain
our individual characters
our personalities disappear
if we have wandered away
from the family
and find ourselves around
a strange campfire
with no dancing
but for the beady eyes
join together and hold hands
or dance alone
through the night
the love you shine
not yours or mine
but it will light the way
in night or day
until the eyes are twinkling
the hearts are warm
and the laughter
is everywhere.
its a simple math decision
between addition or division
ah the ego will lie
and tell you the divisive view is
the gold standard
and cause you to relate
everything to hate
yes but that is folly
for that were never true
if you watch all
the mosaics of space
through time
you will notice
one tile
never changes color
grab it dont let go
that is the golden strand
that is you and me
floating free
looking down now
on zombie land
where we seem to
still be
holding hands
holding hands means love
love is together now
it is a simple math decision
between addition or division.
quiet on the inside
quiet on the insidethe towering pines
tracks quickly swept away
only snowshoes work here
inside this mountain bowl
there's not even the
sound of a chainsaw
quiet on the inside
I play with the lion and the bear
Out here where there is no fear
We frolic and prance
Making the shadows dance
All night long
quiet on the inside
the thunder peals
the pets draw near
I gather the family
Into my loving arms
We all feel safe
And warm
quiet on the inside
no more storms to blow
I let it all go
Back into the nothing
That it come from
the only waves that
crash against my door
is when someone
thinks of what is
and goes, yeah!
the rest I ignore
so quiet on the inside
nobody knows
I wasn't even there
thought traveling
don't need no strand no more
my bags I dont
need to unpack
when I'm
quiet on the inside
looking for the third time
the first was for me
the second was for you
the third rose I laid
for the world
quiet on the inside
War--Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
War--Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
War! huh-yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh
War! huh-yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again y'all
War! huh good God
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?
Ohhh? War! I despise
Because it means destruction?
Of innocent lives
War means tears
to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
and lose their lives
I said - War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War! Whoa, Lord ...
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?
War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War! Friend only to the undertaker
War! It's an enemy to all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest in the younger generation
Induction then destruction-
Who wants to die?
Ohhh? War Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it, Say it, Say it
War! Uh-huh Yeah - Huh!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?
War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War! It's got one friend, that's the undertaker
War has shattered many a young mans dreams
Made him disabled bitter and mean
Life is much to precious to spend fighting wars these days
War can't give life, it can only take it away
War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War! Whoa, Lord ...
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?
War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War! Friend only to the undertaker
Peace Love and Understanding;
tell me, is there no place for them today?
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord knows there's got to be a better way
War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
You tell me
Say it, Say it, Say it
War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Stand up and shout it.
Nothing!
blinded by Love
when it all dissolves and disappearswhen you're so blind that you can't see
your hand in front of your eyes
that's not a dream that is real
this here world is the dream
living from the blind spot
never missing one drop
licking up the spoon
right before I jump
over the moon
you missed a spot
no I didn't
the two sides of the same coin
rose up, kissed and were gone
leaving nothing, for in that instant
a fountain shot up from somewhere inside
it felt like compassion for all
and the vision to see the true
it was here all the time
but it couldn't be seen
for all the up and down
the good and bad
the light and dark
the bills to pay
the human concerns
this is the day
they all went away
dwarfed into nothing
by the vast endlessness
the Allness
coming out from Love
I may look blind
but I can see
I may not seem
to know the difference
But I know what is good
And that's enough for me
When you let it all go
the little puny runt
runs off anyway
he ain't your friend
come inside the
soft chewy center
of Love.
Given the Rhythm
I woke this morningReady to go
Hopped in my Chevy and turned on the radio
We headed south
Blown by the breeze
Along the ocean into the Redwood trees
The bears were smilin'
And so was I
We crossed the Klamath at the Humboldt County line
Past Prairie Creek
And Big Lagoon
Into Arcata just about high noon
Ridin' high
We're gonna fly
Tonight
Picked up my ticket
For the show
Walked to the Plaza
Where everybody goes
The air was warm
The sky was blue
The grass was green
And plenty of it too
After awhile
We went to chill
Out on the Mad River
Everything was still
Then it was time
To turn the page
Pulled in a parking lot
Practically backstage
Ridin' high
Ready to fly
Tonight
Picked up my guitar
And popped a brew
Sat on a ledge
And played to the band and crew
Till it was time
For the show
Into the theatre
And up to the front row
All ready for
Somethin' new
To make me smile
And take away my blues
And then we danced
With pure delight
And loving smiles
Till they bid us a goodnight
Flying high
No time to cry
Tonight
7/29/10
inside joker
hey oold mantake me down
that road
one more time
with the planting and growing
God bless
contractual obligations
dont drink from that cup
dont try to
hold the lightning
let it pass through
it will use you
the beasts will mock you
let them mock you
they cant hurt you
they are not real to you
dont drink from that cup
if you cant pass the test
if you already did
hold on bobby
we'll take care of the rest
mumble out some nothings
do a couple
aimless circles
what is with those pants
I don't know how I
come upon this
but it fall
Into my hands
son of mine
shine my love
I know you well
It's been a while
oold man
take me
down that
same old road again
I know it well
the same old
familiar
twists and turns
dont drink from the cup
if you dont
like peace lightning
and if you do
I dont have to
tell you
hey oold man
take me down that road again
shine on!
shine on
there is always only
one thing to do
shine on
whether things seem to be
going well or ill
shine on
when the picture looks bleak
and your frame is tired and worn
shine on
when your eyes are tired
and you can't see
through the fog
shine on
anybody can smile
when they are happy
shine on
through the night
through the fright
shine on
we can see
to proceed
by the light
coming off your moon
shine on
when things look worst
shine on
what else you gonna do
but learn how to do it
as you take your place
last in line
shine on
if every body
gets in to the show
before you
that is the happiest
for you
shine on
bus driver
shhhhh thats the sound
of the world
going on without you
ah, so beautiful
I have heard it
many times before
like the back side
of a train
pulling its load
like the sound of
sagebrush in the wind
she's working her way
through the crowd
pulling down all
the best apples
from the tree
sitting on the bus
everybody's angry
at each other
because nobody respects
each other
the bus driver
said to noone
turned out to
be a nice day
he said
again, noone blinked
so he started to whistle
why let urban indifference
affect his down home attitude
plums so soft
you can suck out the pit
flies trying to
catch a ride upstairs
in the elevator
turning from love
why be surprised
when the glass
grows dark
why you trying so hard
just to be yourself?
shhhhh
thats the sound
of the world
going on without you
Beep beep! (sunday morning car tunes)
who's in chargeof all the beeping
I can't tell the difference
between the street sweeper
and the sound of my stalker
breaching the firewall
meant to penetrate
they do
penetrating my consciousness
to no good end
my associative cortex
is left to run around
like a chicken
with two no-heads
trying to interpret
every different
beep and squeak
maybe it's
just a chair
backing up
I enjoy when
the Seastones
and the street paver
can't be told apart
which one is shaking
the floor?
but who is in charge
of all the beeping???
every car every door
every security system
every phone
every walk signal
put on your seatbelt!
even something
called a beeper
why does my atm machine
make the Woody Woodpecker sound?
sitting in the car
with no seat belt
and not answering the phone
ah, what cacophony!
I condemn to oblivion
every beep, post-Road Runner
he gets to beep
anytime he wants
I said so
my world
beep away little
flightless bird
the rest of it
blah
he was always
one of those guys
who you realized later
left the room
just before
the trouble started
thanks man
I could really stand
to hear
the sound of your guitar
right about now
the most exciting melodic sense
ever ever
so old man
who's in charge of all the beeping
it's how I know everybody's sleeping
or we would put a stop
to all this beeping
enter the dragon
the way jerry's guitar movesthrough my consciousness
in the good times
it is a celebration song
but in the bad times
I wouldnt want to
I don't know how to
I really couldn't
live without it
I tried
before 65
it was bad
my life without music
was more than sad
then a bubble came near
like the one the
good witch
rides in on
in the Wizard of Oz
the bubble approached and spoke
it said i am music
come into me
live inside me
I ran in to it
like it was a
landed spaceship
finally!
I cried
take me OUT of here!
no, it said, I dont change your location Andy
give me a chance
if you dont like it
step outside
back into the world without music
NO! I said, I am good
in the bubble
I'll be right over here
if anyone wants or needs
or just wants to jam
so I am living
in the bubble
of Universal tone
and along comes this crazed gent
with a black tee
and a chili dog
man he could wail
in the good times it was a celebration song
in the bad times like now
I couldnt get along without
the sound of your guitar
Prolificity....
Shine on,bus driver,beep beep enter the dragon.
Four suite poems,hit the spot today !!!!
Write on , Free Idea , write on....
abandonment
i wait in the shadows as she contemplates my existance. perhaps she does not see.lead by deciept and the promise of green pastures . i become just a distant memory desperatly maintaining.a posistion in her landscape. a fear that the artist with a soft stroke of the brush covers over any proof that i alone once guided her hand. alas the tears i shed trying to wash away that which has hidden me from view create new colors . i wonder does she see . or know . to be continued
now or never
It's for evernow or never
There's no
mr in between
dont look for a
halfway position
when you're making
your decision
its all or nothing
if it is not love
it be hate
everything flows
from one or the other
it's always
now or never
there is no blend
one never touches
the other
its for ever
now or never
it is pedal to the metal
rip off the rear view
mirror
there is no halfway
you hit the bullseye
or drift endlessly
let us live forever
in the center
enjoying the moment
it will always be
now or never
let's get dinner
I know a place
I love you
You love me
We keep letting
weeks go by
let's get dinner
it's for ever
now or never