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A Figure Quaint

from America by Family Vacation

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Brightened boy, yonder cliffs so high
Smiling on them, a reunion with the sun
Look up from the reverie and see a bright kid
Tongue tied for the time being
Give it a few and lighten the hell up
You know that you could make a living down there
You’d better of hoped it so
A figure quaint enough to be
A mold for all to cast in
Mouldering in a past that never happened, never so
Wish someone had told me to
Look up in the noisy silence
And see the sparkling static of lidded looks
And the light and the sun
And to abandon our laws
It’s tempted me in the past
Loose the knot not knowing which thread will leave me
Grasping, alone, naked
Forget the shirt just untie your tongue
There’s still plenty left to be sung
They’ll only listen when you’re young
The old rambler on the hill
Should be there preaching still, don’t you think so?
They’d never told me so
Didn’t know there was something to know
A figure quaint enough to have a past never known
A figure quaint enough to take on all other projections
Mouldering in a past never known
A figure quaint enough to be a mold for all to cast in
Mouldering in a past that never happened
Back by sundown
Cried the marching boys on the long bridge
They must’ve tried their best, but they almost let it split in half
That’s what happened
Don’t look for much console there
Just tell it as is
It all is isn’t it again and again
So don’t you get sentimental it’s not so good for your health
Our living experiment is still attending to itself
It could hold firm and tall
Considering it all could you bet against it?
A modern saint
Our figure quaint
Pardoning me
Keep it

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from America, released December 28, 2018

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