Postcards I Wrote While in California
Back To: The Tyranny of Materiality
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June 24, 1981:
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June 29, 1981:
I felt completely isolated being across the entire country . . . I must have listened to "Tom Sawyer" on Rush's Moving Pictures album at least a hundred times to keep my sanity as in place as possible . . .
"Tom Sawyer"
Lyrics:
A modern-day warrior
Mean mean stride,
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean mean pride.
Though
his mind is not for rent,
Don't put him down as arrogant.
His reserve, a quiet defense,
Riding out the day's events.
The river
What
you say about his company
Is what you say about society.
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift.
The
world is, the world is,
Love and life are deep,
Maybe as his skies are wide.
Today's
Tom Sawyer,
He gets high on you,
And the space he invades
He gets by on you.
No,
his mind is not for rent
To any god or government.
Always hopeful, yet discontent,
He knows changes aren't permanent,
But change is.
What
you say about his company
Is what you say about society.
Catch the witness, catch the wit,
Catch the spirit, catch
the spit.
The
world is, the world is,
Love and life are deep,
Maybe as his eyes are wide.
Exit
the warrior,
Today's Tom Sawyer,
He gets high on you,
And the energy you trade,
He gets right on
to the friction of the day.