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A song by Carol Johnston

When My Eyes Get Really Dirty

Life, Memory & Mortality 3:17

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When my eyes get really dirty
I just cry
When my life starts getting gritty
On the sly
Comes around the corner
Bringing much disorder
A chaos enforcer
Sneaky little guy

When the air gets really muggy
I just sigh
When the feelings complicate things
Should be dry
Making things much warmer
Tempers are much shorter
Integrity transformer
Tranquil by and by

Dancing with the drum
With the drum
Til it's done
Rhythm comes
Til it's won
Pitch the strum
Rhythm fun
Dancing til it comes

Try to make things happen
Working with a passion
Obstacles are trappin'
Destiny is laughing
interrupting action
Time is passin'
Nothing happens

When their needs get really crazy
I ask why
When their wants arise from lazy
And they lie
Sensing their true mayhem
Wishing we would save them
Know that we'll betray them
Look them in the eyes

When I know my dreams are easy
But I'm shy
When my simple aspirations
Are too high
Sensing problems coming
Options next to nothing
Herded to becoming
The quarry who complied

Singing to the sun
To the sun
Til it's fun
Catch the thrum
Feel the spun
Hear the hum
Cohesion
Singing til it's done

When your eyes get really dirty
Wipe it clean
When the air gets really muggy
Breathe serene
Life is mortality
Reaching reality
Resisting gravity
Stuck in the between

Stuck in the between

I understand a lot in life
Just not my own lot in life
We are just consciousness using matter
Cause we can get around much faster

Running til it's done
Til it's done
Til it's won
Screaming at the sun
At the sun
Til it's spun
Completion
Trying til we're one

Matter doesn't matter
Matter doesn't matter
It's only energy having a rest
Inside its own silly magnetic nest

Moving so slow
No where to go
It's not what we picked
Awareness got tricked
Into hitching a ride
Are we the guide?
Do we decide?

When your eyes get really dirty
Wipe it clean
When the air gets really muggy
Breathe serene
Life is mortality
Reaching reality
Resisting gravity
Stuck in the between

Stuck in the between

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