2004-07-26 - gardensnake
it started with a real down homey feel
we were all on time and we were keepin' it real
but there's a snake in the garden
I'll be beggin' your pardon
all the details won't devulge
all the reasons why I don't indulge
you see I know what it does so I got new shoes
maybe it's because I got issues
a fountain of life in the midst of blues
sweet pre-paid gross revenues
laid-up, laid-back, laid in store
now I understand what the back beat's for
I got mesmerized
I got super-sized
the way you compose and synthesize
how the synnergistic flow
it'll harmonize
with a voice that you don't know
as it unifies
a frequency of freaky free
intermediate symphony
I'm tellin' you folks it's a crazy sight
when melody, harmony and bass is tight
and something else enjoins when the mood is right
when we all get together on a moonlit night
one time I overheard that ol' Snoop Dog say
of the pop departure from the Motown Way
(it was all about the music way back in the day)
those people knew their music and they knew how to play
and it stuck in my craw and it made me think
it's not the luck of the draw or the fine black ink
not percussion and bass and repetitive stink
it's a freedom within form and sounds that stay in sync
no wonder real music is almost extinct,
not completely gone but it's on the brink
of disaster, ever faster,
like a lummox out to pasture
elements dissolving down into the crust
decomposition of the bull or bust
music is the order of the notes you trust
will blend together evenly like magic dust
and carry on the wings the heart enraptured by
the over-all wooings and words that may apply
internal undoings that break and make you cry
the secret things that friendship brings and wings to fly
the penetrating soul invading love that every man and lady
ever to be swept away by something that is here to stay
feels in some cool strange new way
like unseen wind that causes sway
a confidence - an inner pause
reflection on some higher laws
associations lift you up
sharing peace within their cup
brim to lips and grin to sips
and soon your concentration slips
to something true beyond your view
a cognizance of breaking through
and time's reflection at your door
you've got to know there's something more
it'll work anyhow, any way, anywhere
there's love for you please don't dispair
it's right within your whispered prayer
your pre-paid all expense paid fare
it's all about what takes you there
this love will guard you -- snakes beware.
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