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[wispfox]

Mmm. Evil cold in my respiratory system. I have half a voice today. (is that anything like half a bee?)

But, I have great amounts of happiness relating to a recently obtained CD, _Earth Town Square_, by Peter Mayer. Lyrics, wonderful. Music also quite good, but the lyrics are the best part. Some of those follow (I'm finding it amazingly difficult to only pick out a few!).


_The Play_

When I go outside at night and look up and the stars are bright
Sometimes I lay on the ground and imagine that the sky is down.
And if the earth should then let go, I'd fall into the stars below.

And when I see the red sunset in its quiet splendor, I reflect
That the sun's not going down at all, but the earth is turning somersaults
And through a sunlit sea it trails, and we are on that great big whale
We're riding on that great big whale

[Chorus]
When I try to grasp the simple fact of this existence
And think of all the fantasies and fairytales and wishes
None strike me as more unlikely or magnificent than this is

Hands and faces seen up close, galaxies through telescopes
Crimson hillsides in the fall, and more astounding than them all
Are pondering minds with eyes that see, these are deep mysteries
Deep mysteries

[Chorus]

Like a strange, enchanting play of impossible dimensions
The setting and the stage run light-years in all directions
And the breathless scenes and the storyline defy comprehension

And when I think of all the roles in this production, all I know is
I'm in the cast, but could it be I'm also in a front row seat
To sit in amazement, gazing. To ooh and aah and sigh and say
My, what a wonderful play.
My, my, my, my...



_Crawl In_

Footsteps. A knock. Then next to the bed
Does my frightened young daughter appear, and say
"I'm scared, Papa. A nightmare woke me up and I can't sleep
Could I sleep with Mama and you?"

"Crawl in my darling.
It's nice and warm, and there's plenty of room
And that dream won't be harming you here"

And so we sleep.
And hold back the demons and ghosts until the morning arrives
They seem to flee more easily
Faced with a foe like the three of us there. Side by side.

"Of course my darling.
Just squeeze in between us, here's a pillow for you.
And don't worry now darling, don't fear."

The mother we run to, the lover we cling to
The bedside we seek in the night.
It's a walk down the hall that we make when we're small
And we make for the rest of our lives.

And at dawn, with our clothes
We put on our best brave faces and go our separate ways
And hold fast to the hope
That at the day's end, we can put them away again
And hear someone say

"Crawl in my darling,
It's nice and warm and there's plenty of room.
And bad dreams won't be harming you here.
Crawl in my darling,
Just squeeze in between us, here's a pillow for you.
And don't worry now, darling, don't fear."



_Astronaut Dreams_

Maggie Jane has a family, and makes a good salary
Her life is quite ordinary, except for her astronaut dreams.

They happen when she is sleeping, they happen when she is awake.
They come like abductors who sneak in and carry poor Maggie away.

[Chorus]
Suddenly Maggie Jane is floating high in space
Up among the super novi and the bright nebulae
And the earth is just another point of light, far away.

Keep busy say the doctors, clean house, turn on the TV
And they give her pills to stop her from having her astronaut dreams.

But the Universe keeps calling and haunting her daily routine.
And defenses are slim when the light years creep in
And then steal her away beyond reach.

[Chorus]

And that world of her work and her bills and her children
Is a tiny place in a remote solar system
And the size and the scope of the place where she floats
Is so big, so very big.

So if you run into Maggie and meet with an eerie stare
Don't think she's cold if you get no hello
Because Maggie Jane may not be there.