let it all fall away

let it all fall away

let it all out the door

don't get stuck in despair

don't get stuck on the floor

worlds are born and die

people slip away

make hay and love and laughter

and let the crap drop to the floor

preacher man

preacher man

at it again

tells the world how to live

while he doesn't even pretend

to live that way himself

great advice is ten a penny

wisdom grows on trees

but a sane man or woman

is rarer than dark night

another one died

 another one died

famous people that I knew

from childhood, TV, news

of course they're going to die

we all do

of course it's sad for the family and friends

that's normal

but we don't have to know

we don't have to grieve

we don't have to talk about it

like voyeurs at a funeral

so people die

even famous people

who knew?

don't let unhelpful stuff

into the container of your world

give me who you are

give me who you are

where you are

when you are

give me it all

not some flotsam and jetsam mirage

Don't give me any of your bullshit

don't give me any of your bullshit

old man

with your fancy philosophies and preaching

I want to live

to hear music

to dance over the graves of the dullards

who made this country the hell that it is

don't give me any of your hectoring tones

your sick visions of a world without love

a world that crushes all that is human

and raises all that is cold and cruel

I want to laugh

to walk in the sea

to swim where the ocean meets the sea

and lie in its golden sands