No Mind Left Unblown
High mojo in the wholeHeavy spells getting sprungFrom the bottom of my soulTo the tip of my tongue It’s been quite a blastStill ringing in my earsOne last call for the pastComing through loud and clear Well, who I’ve beenIs wearing thinSerpent shedding another skinGo ahead, hit the reset buttonAnd startAnd startAnd start all over …
You’d never guess it from their tattered jacketsFour shadows sharing the glareHow they rode skyward chariotsAnd vaulted the moon on a dareWell, I tell you, it was a sordid affairHow the clown confronted the crownAnd both of their heads came tumbling down Oh, go ahead and laughWe’re a four-panel cartoonCarried away in a hot-air balloonY’all …
Caught this hotfoot surfing volcanoesBut only when the lava tide’s lowTouring Texarkana via tornadoPursuing rumors of ice-blue buffaloHitched a northbound balloon and damn near frozeSelling kilos of snow to the EskimosCourting the worst-case scenarioWith a chain-gang of leprechauns in towOh, you have to know this ain’t my first rodeo Hopping from fiasco to fiascoBy freight …
There’s more here than meets the earMore than anyone understandsLike an old story told fourth handThe only constant is conversionEveryone hears a different versionPass it on, pass a tonPast a one, past we won It’s the Universe at the end of the restaurantWhere food for thought is easily boughtAnd chaos ordered anewServing misheard Mondegreen stewTopped …
I had this thought inside my headWhat would happen if I said:I had this thought inside my headAnd I wondered what would happen if I said What I am about to tell you is trueBut what I just said is a lieJust go ahead and think it throughIt’s a knot which won’t untie I found …
