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Saturday, June 26, 2010

TIMOTEO SEZ...

Take Heart!
You are younger at this moment
than you will be at any time
during the rest of your life!
(And it shall always be so...)

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

STILL WAITING
























Been sittin round drinkin
and just got to to thinkin
bout what I got and what I ain't
and why I don't just go home
but sure as I do I'll miss it...
cause I'm still waiting for The Revolution

Now I ain't got fifteen hippies
sleepin on my floor
and a couple others tryin to crawl in through the window
and some chick I never seen before
in my shower when I get up to take a leak
all laughin and pokin fun at me
for havin a JOB I go to in the mornings

And I ain't got no sweet young thing
that I call my old lady
but I got an old lady
that I call my old lady
and I ain't got hair
growin down to my ass
but I got some on it...
and I'm still waiting for The Revolution

Ain't got two fingers to flash y'all the peace sign
but I got one in the middle
that seems to work better these days
and I ain't feedin my head
or listenin to The Dead
but I'm livin the high life just the same
thanks to Mr. Miller...
still waiting for The Revolution

And there's no Tricky Dick
to sell me a used car
or that phony war to tug at my gut
There was only Slick Willie
who didn't inhale
still pullin our leg...
still waiting for The Revolution

No Gil Scott-Herron spittin angry words
goin round and round on my turntable
the closest to you-know-what he ever got
and my giant Stokely Carmichael poster
is off the wall
but aren't we all
and I ain't got no Jimi or Janis
or Ten Years After
but now its like FORTY years after
and here I sit...
still waiting for The Revolution

Now I know I had my mojo workin
at one time or another
but I think the batteries went dead
and it's probably just as well
cause nobody wants to make it anymore
at the drop of a hat
but lots of folks are willin to pass theirs around
if I'll just put somethin in it...
still waiting for The Revolution


And maybe I did lose a few billion
brain cells somewhere along the way
and maybe my personality's a little wooden
but I'm no dummy
cause there's somethin in those youthful eyes
I think I recognize
you with the dreadlocks
and your little friend with the nipples
grandstanding beneath her shirt
yeah
it's that look that's more hopeful than wise
cause I can see that you
are waiting for The Revolution too

Friday, June 11, 2010

REALITY CHECK
















There is no government,
there's no one in charge--
no one to protect you
from threats domestic and foreign...
only a system in place
that tries to save face
when the damage is already done.

No pillar of strength standing tall
like the twin towers--
who ever dreamed they'd fall?
No one to save the beaches
or the birds that can no longer fly,
only those who point fingers
while all the beauty dies.

There is no government,
there's no one in charge--
only a system in place
that can put a man into space
while those who make speeches are livin' large.

I hate to be the one to tell you
'cause we've believed in it so long--
gotta stick together
cuz baby, we're on our own!

There is no government,
there's no one in charge--
(like Alexander Haig)
only a system in place
that tries to save face
when the horse
has already left the barn.

Friday, June 4, 2010