The cycle of life is to see In all its fine But the way we live it to be Something very to me and I cry out
like lady's chatter It seems to the matter I grit my teeth, my senses There's nothing much me madder and I leap out
For big or little, or small It really doesn't 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 on what you do 'Cause whether or not you make it I thought you already knew I'll keep you going on
And the War III And the series Will the same size Headlines in the
From all seen of politics Its a greasy big money stick Geared to run on so slick To make you think is all there is you got, I'm afraid
How con the little middle man Into he has got a hand To play in the future of the land He owes himself to the of man, get ridiculous
gangster can hire someone To do his with a tommy gun While the president points at And says, "I, your country the killing done, go do it now, boy"
But the war itself is bad It can break you down no matter how But the tragedy of hoopla It makes you you can't do enough for the Chinese symbols
And the other feel the same as we And regret I But one country to give for my
Preacher stands in his shroud Saying, "God if you do it now" You back when the chips are down find that they've all gone underground to pray for you
And the homosexual twist to He feels that he can to me The way to go and raise a family And I'm forced to at him He mean to say, guessing
As the is getting higher The poor, the pregnant tired Are on the Pope to be inspired For some new contraceptive saying, "It's cool now"
a ghost behind a one way mirror Listening at the door 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But the made now For the changing Are a late be out of date by tomorrow
Her mother played on She said, "It was the holy to be" The boys had were evilry When it came time for she froze and died there
Her at fourteen, very well known She all kicks came lying there prone But the fundamental not spoken at home Left her feeling like a chewed on and why, she wondered
And one who dug moving about liberal minded and of' spoke out How she was cool and No doubt the blankets up The lights out, you're condescending
And a couple together for or six years A marriage license, they'd been near But social and loss of job fear Got married and divorced in half a year, they couldn't cut it
It's all about And then it's lived But what is for me Could be perversity in any law book
I'm told the 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 made for it
But try singing on some street curb Singing the in everyday words The people by and laughing is heard Or they'll hit you where it hurts or they'll keep their ears closed
One man said, "Boy, I dig your I you to come play at my club I'll put your in lights up above But just remember, I got a club to run, so don't you be too
not the writers who sell us out Its the damn censors who turn All your life learned and vowels And say my mouth is much too foul to clearly to you
But try to hit a And if the hammer the words you use to describe that bruise That's language
I hitch hike and sang the That everybody knew and along To amuse myself I wrote songs Speaking what's right and wrong, and I'm a little different
So a company, you know well Wanted to know if my song would I said, "Yes, I it very well If you don't, sir, you can go to help somebody change
I kept hope on and bumming Singing to my friends who dig sound A few guys said, "Won't you to my town" I ask fair bread, they put me their Caddie's mortgaged
I one deal like 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 it back out on the street singing new folk songs
And if there's enough And the hill ain't too I wrote today I might play and make some tips for it
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