"Sweetness and Light"

I was getting ready this morning--the usual routine-
when Frankie played a Portastatic song that fit me perfectly.
I had the album but put it away last year, as it didn't seem to fit my current mood, situation, etc.
but now it does.... this song especially.

And after last night's discussion
I wanted to say thank you and as I turned out the light, was hoping that you were not put off by the rant...

Still I wonder, how much do I have to fight? How much do I just let happen?
Love is like musical chairs and I will be the one standing without the chair.
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Oh look what just came rolling down this morning's face
some shining tears from sleepy eyes won't go to waste
I've got a lucite frame been filling up with rain
in red with one wax pencil we mark the time and date
I'm gonna turn this truck around
when we run out of space..

You say why can't you sing of hopeful things
and skies that go from gray to blue
I know my voice is like a broken saw
I know my voice is like a tightening screw
If I could write a song of sweetness and light for you
oh honey that's just the first thing I would do.

There is a temperature where even we must take the armor off
a point at which the carapace can just dissolve
and while the water rises cool and clear around your knees
we'll watch while clouds that covered us are broken by the breeze.

You say why can't you sing of hopeful things
and skies that go from gray to blue
I know my voice is like a broken saw
I know my voice is like a tightening screw
If I could write a song of sweetness and light for you
oh honey that's just the first thing I would do

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