A FAINT SMELL
A FAINTING SPELL
DO YOU FEINT A FAINTING SPELL
WE PICK AND CHOOSE
WE WIN OR LOSE
WE GET CONFUSED
WE ARE AMUSED
THE CHOICE WE MAKE
THE CHANCE WE TAKE
WE MAKE MISTAKES
IT'S NOT TOO LATE
OVERTHINKING DRIVES YOU NUTS
IT IS SO PREPOSTEROUS
YOU THINK TOO MUCH
YOU'RE OUT OF TOUCH
YOU NEED A NUDGE
YOU BE THE JUDGE
OVERTHINKING DRIVES YOU NUTS
IT IS SO PREPOSTEROUS
I WRITE THIS SONG
YOU SING ALONG
WE ALL BELONG
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
OVERSINGING DRIVES YOU NUTS
IT IS SO PREPOSTEROUS
THE TUNE IS STUCK
WE RUN AMUCK
WHO GIVES A FUCK
IT DOESN'T SUCK
OVERSINGING DRIVES YOU NUTS
IT IS SO PREPOSTEROUS
OVERTHINKING DRIVES YOU NUTS
IT IS SO PREPOSTEROUS
TIME APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TWENTY P.M. PLACE CHICAGO THURSDAY NIGHT JULY TWENTY EIGHT...FIRST THE LOUD SOUND OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF MOTORCYCLES DRIVING FAST WENT ON AND ON AND SEEMED LIKE A NEVER ENDING AMOUNT OF THEM THEN AN EVER SO SLIGHT PAUSE THEN A BUNCH OF SIRENS SCREECHING THEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF BIRDS SQUACKING SOUNDED LIKE SEAGULLS THEN SILENCE...ALL I COULD THINK WAS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECORDING THESE SOUNDS ON MY DIGITAL RECORDER...IT WAS LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK OF A MOVIE OR SOMETHING...SURREAL...I HAD A BUNCH OF WINDOWS OPEN AND DECIDED TO CLOSE THEM JUST INCASE THERE WAS A REPEAT PERFORMANCE...SURREAL...
DON'T DO IT
YOU KNOW WHAT
DON'T DO IT
DON'T GIVE UP
HOW DO YOU ESCAPE
DO YOU MEDITATE
DO YOU LIKE TO READ
WHAT IS IT YOU NEED
DO YOU WATCH MOVIES
OR MAYBE TV
DOES MUSIC WORK FOR YOU
WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO
WHAT ARE WE ESCAPING FROM
IS REAL LIFE SO HUM DRUM
WHY ARE WE SO UNAWARE
WE MISS MOMENTS HERE AND THERE
ESCAPING SEEMS THE THING TO DO
THINK ABOUT WHY THAT IS TRUE
ARE YOU GOOD AT GIVING ADVICE
BUT NOT SO GOOD AT TAKING IT
EVEN IF IT'S YOUR OWN ADVICE
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT'S TRUE
IF IT APPLIES TO YOU
A KANGAROO COURT
WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
SEEM TO DISTORT
VALUES I'M HOLDING
GUESS I'M PRETTY RANDOM
WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY
TAKE THIS THOUGHT IN TANDEM
WITH THIS RHYME TODAY
EVER CAUGHT YOURSELF UNAWARE
YOU CAN'T WALK THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE THERE
I HAVE FOUND A SLOWER PACE
HELPS INCORPORATE THE SPACE
BEST NOT TRY WALK THROUGH IN HASTE
I HAVE FOUND THIS IS THE CASE
SPACE CADETS BEWARE
YOU'RE NOT MADE OF AIR