WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
“So I need you more than ever / Need your hands in this resistance / If we’re going to go the distance”
byVanderleunonDecember 8, 2022
[Note: I don’t say this often although it is implicit in all here, but I value and appreciate all those who stop by this far corner of the Net. You all help me stay connected in this most disconnected and disconnecting of times.]
They have put something in the water
They seek a cure for the conversation
They stole a march on your indecision
And the first to fall is laughter
Just to quell the unoffended
They seek to murder your opinion
And the light has been turned down on the age of reason
Replaced by blinding fires that burn wild across the region
For the wrong to rule
The good must just stand idly by
So I need you more than ever
Need your hands in this resistance
If we’re going to go the distance
And if I ever doubt it
I think about my future
And if i want to live there
And the world outside is wondrous wide for a reason
If you can’t decide, you must blow your own mind for that reason
For the wrong to rule
The good must just stand idly by
And that’s no lie
It can be hard to know what feeling
What with all the lies that you’re reading
If it’s hard to say, you may mean it
Don’t be lost thinking about tomorrow
When today is what you are living
Make today your new beginning
The light has been turned down on the age of reason
Replaced by blinding fires that burn wild across the region
For the wrong to rule
The good must just stand idly by
So I need you more than ever
Need your hands in this resistance
If we’re going to go the distance
And if I ever doubt it
I think about my future
And if i want to live there
And the world outside is wondrous wide for a reason
If you can’t decide, you must blow your own mind for that reason
For the wrong to rule
The good must just stand idly by
And that’s no lie
So I need you more than ever
Need your hands in this resistance
If we’re going to go the distance
And if I ever doubt it
I think about my future
And if I want to live there
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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