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A World Light Years Away

from Lubricating the Species by Brian Cutean QTN

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QTN: guitar, voice
Mark Williams, fretless bass
Ike Eichenberg: mandolin
Gerald Eli Smith: twin recorders

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A W o r l d L i g h t Y e a r s A w a y

Talk to me in a simple tongue so your words stay fresh in my mind
Sing for me a melody and your words will naturally rhyme
Take me to that place innside not limited by time
I will try not to hide when my feelings flood my eyes

Raise your spirits toward the heavens, hold your glass up high
Lay aside your worryshackles and burst the bonds that bind
Bring me a breath of refreshing air from a land I knew before
We're all just learning how to share, no need to hurry anymore

Long ago some nights in armour arose from a pile of dust
Swords in hand they fought for honour and turned away in disgust
While on a world light years away, spinning slient through the void
Voices are raised to fill the sky: "This planet will not be destroyed!"

Falling crawling reaching calling: is anybody near?
Honest words with warmth and meaning are music to my ears
Hear the ocean's mighty roar, the breakers crash against the rocks
It's a sound I can't ignore two thousand miles from the docks

All of our lives we've spent in passage with so much left undone
Why criticize each other's efforts instead of reaching toward the sun?
Come gather 'round while we still can,
Hellhounds are baying at the moon
Feel the trembling in the land, we cannot love too much too soon

Oooh...my head begins to spin...
Around and around and around and around again
Oooh...my head begins to spin...

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from Lubricating the Species, released April 1, 1988

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Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.

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