Cygnet Committee
I bless you madly,sadly as I tie my shoesI love you badly,Just in time, at times, I guessBecause of you I need to restBecause it's youthat sets the test
So much has goneand little is newAnd as the sparrow singsDawn chorus forSomeone else to hearThe Thinker sits alone growing olderAnd so bitter
"I gave Them lifeI gave Them allThey drained my very soul...dryI crushed my heartto ease Their painsNo thought for me remains thereNothing can They spareWhat of me?Who praised Their effortsto be free?Words of strength and careand sympathyI opened doorsthat would have blocked Their wayI braved Their cause to guide,for little pay
I ravaged at my finance just for ThoseThose whose claims were steeped in peace, tranquilityThose who said a new world, new ways ever freeThose whose promises stretched in hope and grace for me"
I bless you madly,sadly as I tie my shoesI love you badly, just in time,at times, I guessBecause of you I need to rest, oh yesBecause it's youthat sets the test
So much has goneand little is newAnd as the sunrise streamFlickers on me,My friends talkOf glory, untold dream, where all is God and God is just a word
"We had a friend, a talking manWho spoke of many powers that he hadNot of the best of men, but Ours
We used himWe let him use his powersWe let him fill Our needsNow We are strong
And the road is coming to its endNow the damned have no time to make amendsNo purse of token fortune stands in Our wayThe silent guns of lovewill blast the skyWe broke the ruptured structure built of ageOur weapons were the tongues of crying rage
Where money stoodWe planted seeds of rebirthAnd stabbed the backs of fathersSons of dirt
Infiltrated business cesspoolsHating through Our sleevesYea, and We slit the Catholic throatStoned the pooron slogans such as
'Wish You Could Hear''Love Is All We Need''Kick Out The Jams''Kick Out Your Mother''Cut Up Your Friend''Screw Up Your Brother or He'll Get You In the End'
And We Know the Flag of Love is from AboveAnd We Can Force You to Be FreeAnd We Can Force You to Believe"
And I close my eyes and tighten up my brainFor I once read a book in which the lovers were slainFor they knew not the words of the Free States' refrainIt said:"I believe in the Power of GoodI Believe in the State of LoveI Will Fight For the Right to be RightI Will Kill for the Good of the Fight for the Right to be Right"
And I open my eyes to look aroundAnd I see a child laid slainon the groundAs a love machine lumbers through desolation rowsPloughing down man, woman, listening to its commandBut not hearing anymoreNot hearing anymoreJust the shrieks from the old rich
And I Want to BelieveIn the madness that calls 'Now'And I want to BelieveThat a light's shining throughSomehow
And I Want to BelieveAnd You Want to BelieveAnd We Want to BelieveAnd We Want to LiveOh, We Want to Live
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I Want to LiveI Want to LiveI Want to Live
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