HALLOWED BE THY NAME
Lyrics copyright (c) 1977
by Palm Beach Recordings Ltd.
(EMMERSON LAKE & PALMER)
http://www.dynrec.com/elp/
from the album "WORKS"
Atlanta Recording Company
There may be an om in moment
But there's very few folks
in focus
Not the first, not the last,
not the least,
You needn't be well to be
wealthy
but you've got to be whole
to be holy
Fetch the rope, fetch the
clock, fetch the priest.
Oh this planet of ours is
a mess
I bet Heaven's the same
Look the madman said, "Son,
As a friend, tell me what's
in a name,"
Hallowed be thy name.
I give you the state of
statesmen
And the key to what motivates
them
On the left, on the right,
on the nail.
Still I don't see a man
in a mansion
That an accurate pen won't
puncture
Go to town, go to hell,
go to jail.
And there's bars and saloons
Where the jukebox plays
the blues in the night
Til the madman says "Son,
Time to go we could both
use some light"
And thy will be done.
We live in an age of cages
The tale of an ape escaping
In search of some truth
he can use
But many a drunk got drunker
And mostly a thinker, thunker
Set the place, set the time,
set the fuse,
The optimist laughed and
the pessimist cried in his wine
And the madman said "Son,
Take a word they'll all
wake given time"
Let thy kingdom come.
The madman and I got drunker
Til both thought the other
thank you
And we laughed all the way
to the stars
The optimist asked for a
taste of the pessimist's wine
And the madman said "Son,
How do you feel?"" I said
"Me? I feel fine
Lead me into temptation
Into temptation
I said into temptation
I need my allocation of
recreation
I want a revelation in degradation
No hesitation, give me variation,
give me inspiration..."
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"In handling a stinging
insect, move very slowly."
from: " The Notebooks of Lazarus
Long" by Robert Heinlein
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