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This page collects unused lyrics and random poetry. Enjoy!

Lyrics

The Stars, My Office (2019)

One of the team
I keep the cops in line
Up here in space
The trains all run on time

Cold coffee in a bubble
Cheese Danish through a tube
Next in line

Surveyors take their breakfasts
Prospectors linger long
Wasting time

Six shifts a week
It keeps the rent at bay
Astral travelers
They drink all day

Tchotchkes from Outer Handle
vCards bought on the moon
The sky is wide

Me at this tiny counter
Transactions in the till
Lost inside

    The stars, my office
    Boundless space
    My heart, the outlaw
    Find your place

Commissioned
Expansion
Prepare to launch

Life's passion
Ignition
Orbit and out

    The stars, my office
    Boundless space
    My heart, the outlaw
    Find your place

The Grifter’s Hymn (2020)

Wild-eyed, teeth clenched, coils wound tight
Strung together nonsense sealed air tight
Armed, cursed and loaded for bear
Coded threats everywhere

Thick boots, pride, chins held high
Each of those among us justified
Doomed to fail, martyred sons of God
The truth is fraud

A hero’s quest overcome by events
All roads taken, gaps in the fence
Cocksure, brazen, proud voices within
Belting out the grifter’s hymn

Left Alone (2021)

Like a skyrocket
Leaving the earth
Driven by purpose

A blue flame
A glowing sphere
A pure speck of life

My entanglements
My kids, my life
They fall to earth and burn away

I’m left alone

Finally
I finish that song
Read the great books
Sort the laundry

Focus inward
Lift my burden
And fizzle

It turns out that time
Outside the messy guts of my life
Is worth less than I expected

I’m left alone