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Philosopher King

from Hope to Leave No Harm by Sister Helen

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When my Dad was like me
he was handsome and frisky and always wanted everything
he could see
so he drank lots of whiskey and called himself philosopher-king
of the street
till my mom pregnant with me said that she wasn't going to sing
her defeat, oh no
she in her infinite wisdom
made plans the first time she kissed him
she got it out of her system
she made him swear
whatever you fill your mind with,
whatever you feed your heart,
wherever you build, that's where I'll live
whatever you need, it's yours.
Look at me: I'm their boy
I'm what you get when mix together silver and brass
in alloy,
and everyone knows there are those who say they'd kill to have class,
Why be coy?
You're watching the wall when you could be out there shaking your ass
with the hoi polloi.
They with their innocent mingling
Keep all us poet-types singing
Who cares what philosopher-kings think?
I'll have you know:
whatever you fill your mind with,
whatever you feed your heart,
wherever you build, that's where I'll live
whatever you need, it's yours.
Thou splendid Illuminato,
hold us incommunicado
and make Peoria look like Chicago;
No, I insist,
whatever we fill our minds with
whatever we feed our hearts
whatever we build, we'll abide with
until it falls apart.
I will not be ashamed,
I come from the soil
should the dirt be blamed?
I will not be misled
to believe this love is
politics instead
(Cacophony is silence
into the ears of tyrants
you're only making the same mistake
you're only making the same mistake)

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from Hope to Leave No Harm, released October 28, 2012

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