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The Kings of Time

from Parakeetfishhead by Brian Cutean QTN

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QTN: guitar, voice and harmonica
Robert Vignaud: upright bass

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THE KINGS OF TIME

O, the kings of time
never knew what hit
all collected and sober

O, days were young and the nights were long
and the people didn't know they were breathing
everywhere they went, they walked on their feet
not moving on but never really leaving

O, the spring rained sweet and rivers ran deep
and the people didn't know who they were being
so they lay down to sleep as the dusk grew deep
and at first light they wakened into seeing
and the wakening eye saw itself fly by
'til the whole world became another shining
ringing loud and clear with the music of a sphere
moving through the void with colours flying

O, the kings of time thought they knew how to climb
to the home of the dervish on the mountain
as a goat floated by, they knew they'd climbed way high
'til they showered down like coins into a fountain

So the goddess of mirth dreamed a new kind of birth
and the people felt the presence of the spirit
Old lives became new now they knew what to do
and how to listen better for to hear it

O, fall came too fast and whole lives hurried past
growing old was a gift denied to many
With the world on a stage acting out its rage
it's a wonder anybody made a penny
and the wakening eye breathed an audible sigh
'til the whole world became a green sapling
a little askew like a vision coming true
growing tall into the tree of ever knowing

O, the kings of time rubbed a twin paradigms
'til the faces on the coins started sneezing
Then the ground opened up like a punchbowl cup
and everywhere the people started freezing

Then the sky blew apart like a broken-down heart
and the weather had its way no matter what
and the ones who were scared found themselves unprepared
for the goddess of mirth's almighty laughing

And the kings of time
never knew what hit...
all collected and sober

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from Parakeetfishhead, released June 21, 1999

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Brian Cutean QTN Oregon

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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