Please take the world from my shoulders
Help me find the river among the boulders
If you would do it before I get any older
Before for my son sees what a tired man would do
To shake the cake of dust from his shoes
Rust gathered waiting long for my canoe
Because I'm all set on paddles you see
Ironic thing is I'm missing the creek
Like a dry season begs the clouds to leak
I see people all around getting wet
But not a drop of rain has graced me yet
Maybe it's something I'm too hard headed to get
So here I stand on the banks of a drought
Pleading "Oh Atmosphere, help me out!"
Then I heard a thunder that erased all doubt
We all sneak into this world like a rat
Then try to escape like a rhino with a bat
Nothing in nature shall prevent us from that
To build a power plant we kill off the plant-life
Spend ten million dollars for a ten minute wife
Sharpen our tongues till they cut like a knife
We make disposable cups to last forever
With opposing thumbs we could do much better
We love to talk of justice but have not met her
And I'm sure we'll cheat her if we ever do
That's the only true thing I ever knew
About myself, our race, or even about you
Still I beg for a lifeboat to appear in the flood
to save me from this dirty stick in the mud
I'll gladly bail out the sweat and the blood
Just keep it afloat till we reach heavens shore
As the light from the lighthouse shines evermore
I'd kiss that sand like I've kissed nothing before
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