The of life is here to see In all its simplicity But the way we it seems to be Something weird to me and I cry out
Pettiness like chatter It seems to complicate the I my teeth, my senses chatter There's much makes me madder and I leap out
For big or little, or small It really matter at all The way we our feet, and hem and haw 'Cause everyone's afraid they'll fall or be left out
right for me are strange to you Shouldnt make a damn on you do 'Cause or not you make it through I thought you already knew I'll keep you going on
And the War III And the world make the same size Headlines in the
From all I've seen of Its just a greasy big stick Geared to run on so slick To you think this is all there is you got, I'm afraid
How they con the middle man thinking he has got a hand To play in the of the promised land He owes himself to the destiny of man, get
Cheap gangster can someone To do his work a tommy gun While the points at anyone And says, "I, your wants the killing done, go do it now, boy"
But the war is bad enough It can break you no matter how tough But the of hoopla stuff It you think you can't do enough for the Chinese symbols
And the countries They feel the as we And I have But one to give for my life
stands in his holy shroud Saying, "God if you do it now" You come when the chips are down Youll find that they've all gone underground to for you
And the homosexual twist to He feels he can preach to me The way to go and raise a family And I'm to look at him He mean to say, You're
As the is getting higher The poverty poor, the pregnant Are waiting on the Pope to be For new contraceptive attire saying, "It's cool now"
It's a ghost behind a one way Listening tip-toed at the to hear Someone outside won't the year Then, they'll slip a out how they feel about pierced ear-lobes
But the made now For the counts Are a late We'll be out of by tomorrow
Her mother on virginity She said, "It was the place to be" The things had were evilry it came time for matrimony she froze and died there
Her at fourteen, very well known She thought all came lying there prone But the fundamental not spoken at home Left her feeling a chewed on bone and why, she wondered
And one chick who dug about Very liberal and of' spoke out How she was and understood No doubt the blankets up The lights turned out, you're
And a couple together for five or six A marriage license, they'd never near But social pressure and of job fear Got them married and in half a year, they couldn't cut it
It's all talked And it's lived around But is right for me Could be perversity in any law book
I'm the minstrel at one time Was to sing and make his rhymes To comment on the news of the Saying, "What's in people's minds?", and he tips for it
But try singing on some street curb Singing the in everyday words The pass by and laughing is heard Or else they'll hit you where it hurts or they'll their ears closed
One man said, "Boy, I dig your I you to come play at my club put your name in lights up above But just remember, I got a club to run, so you be too strong
not the writers who sell us out Its the censors who turn about All your life adjectives and vowels And say my mouth is much too to clearly speak to you
But try to hit a And if the hammer Then the words you use to describe bruise That's language
I hitch hike and the songs That everybody knew and along To amuse myself I wrote songs Speaking about what's right and wrong, and I'm a little
So a record company, you well Wanted to know if my song sell I said, "Yes, I like it very If you don't, sir, you can go to help else change
I kept on and bumming around Singing to my friends who dig that A few guys said, "Won't you to my town" I ask fair bread, they put me down their mortgaged
I made one deal it's you and me This guy said be lots of use to me But I found he's putting the screws to me I made it back out on the street new folk songs
And if there's time And the ain't too rough What I wrote I might someday play and make tips for it
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