Tuesday, August 14, 2007
LET YOUR YES'S
BE YES'S
AND YOUR NO'S
BE NOSES




IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD
THINGS THAT HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND
I CONJURE UP EMOTIONS
THAT DISSAPPEAR LIKE THE DEW
THINGS LIKE SLEEPING WITH MY 17 MONTH OLD SON
AND WAKING WITH THE FAINT SMELL OF URINE
PRESENT IN MY NOSTRILS THE WHOLE DAY

THINGS LIKE WIPING THE BATHROOM FLOOR
WITH A RAG ON MY FOOT
AND HOW WILL I GET EVERYTHING DONE
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE


AND THE DAYS I WANDERED
EVEN ON SATURDAY NIGHTS, ALONE
RESIGNED TO BEING A LONER
WHEN I WAS ANYTHING BUT
BUT JUST UNABLE TO BREAK OUT
OF MY PRISON/SHELL OF ALONE-NESS

TRYING TO MAKE MY OWN WAY
USELESSLY
FALLING BACK ON THE COMFORT AND AID
OF THE 'ENEMY', MY FAMILY.

AND ONLY THEN FINDING
PEACE
NOT WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR
BUT PEACE
AT LEAST, PEACE,
ACCEPTING THEIR LOVE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS

REALIZING
THEIR LOVE WAS TRUER
THAN THE LOVE I WAS SEEKING
OUT THERE

REALIZING
THEY WOULD STAND UP FOR ME
STAND BY ME
WHEN THE REST HEADED FOR THE TALL GRASS...

A LITTLE LATE, YES,
A LONG TIME COMING, YES
BUT, YES, IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME.






AND I FIND MYSELF GOING BACK TO THAT FLORIDA MOTEL ROOM
SITTING UP IN BED
WEARING MY GREEK FISHERMAN'S HAT
THE ONE THAT MADE ME THINK SOMEHOW
OF ALL THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE BEING POSSIBLE

ALL THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
IS STILL IMPOSSIBLE
BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO THINK OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
BEING POSSIBLE
EVEN IF YOU KNOW IT WILL NEVER BE ACHEIVED

CAN YOU EVEN THINK IT! WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE OUTCOME?
LETTING MYSELF HAVE MY WISHES
WITHOUT FEAR OR ANXIETY OVER WHETHER OR
NOT THEY WERE PRACTICAL OR REALISTIC
TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THE NO IN MY BRAIN
FOR JUST A MOMENT AND LET MYSELF
SLIP INTO ACCEPTANCE OF THIS TYPE OF THINKING
WITHOUT THE DOOR BEING SLAMMED SHUT
AS SOON AS I DARE THINK OF HAVING WHAT I DREAM OF
BEFORE I EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY
THINKING, DREAMING, WISHING, WITHOUT COUNTING
CALCULATION SPOILING
EVEN THE THOUGHT

OH, I WISH I HAD A------------
OR EVEN AN--------------
LOVE
JOY
PEACE
A COUPLE HITS ON THE HIT PARADE
FUN
PEOPLE WHO ARE FRIENDLY
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU WISH FOR
EXACTLY
IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO DO SO WITHOUT
WORRYING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES
THE IMPRACTICALITY...ETC.




STATE SONG

AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO
THE PEARL

EGYPTIAN GEM WANTS TO HAUL MY HEAVEN AWAY
BUT THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND HIS IT'S GONNA STAY
BUT LORD, IT JUST AIN'T RIGHT
SO I PRAY WITH ALL MY MIGHT
LORD DON'T LET 'EM TAKE MY HEAVEN AWAY
NO, LORD! DON'T LET 'EM HAUL MY HEAVEN AWAY.

CORPORAPERS WANNA MESS OUR HAPPY HOME
WE NEED TO ALL GET TOGETHER TELL EM LEAVE OUR HEAVEN ALONE
BOYS ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT.
NO WORDS GONNA MAKE IT RIGHT
YOU CAN'T DISCUSS NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE BUSINESS END OF A GUN
AIN'T NO NEGOTIATIN' WITH THE BUSINESS END
OF A GUN.

MY MAMMA TOLD SON W.VA. IS YOUR PEARL
AIN'T NO OTHER PLACE LIKE IT NO WHERE ELSE IN THIS WORLD
AND MASSEY'S GONNA HAVE A FIGHT
IF THEY THINK THEY CAN ROB US BLIND
TAKE AWAY OUR MOUNTAINS AND STEAL OUR PRECIOUS
PEARL.

I LIKE TEXAS AND I LIKE TENNESSEE
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKIN' W.VA.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO ME
BUDDY DON'T YOU PUT HER DOWN
THERE'S MORE THAN COAL IN THE GROUND
THERE'S BLOOD IN THE SOIL THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL BURY ME.

THESE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS JUST AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
STRECHING OUT INTO THE DISTANCE LORD HOW
THEY BECKON ME
I CAN HEAR EM WHEN I LAY ME DOWN
MASSEY DON'T YOU COME AROUND
BEFORE YOU MESS WITH MY MOUNTAINS
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MESS WITH ME
SAY YOU MESS WITH MY MOUNTAINS
YOUR GONNA HAVE TO BURY ME.

MASSEY DON'T YOU PUT HER DOWN
THERE'S MORE THAN COAL IN THE GROUND
THERE'S BLOOD IN THE SOIL, THAT'S WHERE
THEY'LL BURY ME...

T. PAIGE
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