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bluish night

from Mr. Paul McMahon by Paul McMahon

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BLUISH NIGHT

AS I WALK INTO THE THE BLUISH NIGHT
A LITTLE DOG BARKS AND HE WANTS TO FIGHT
IN THE SNOW COVERED PREDAWN EARLY LIGHT
IN A NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE TOWN

I WALK TO THE WALL WHERE THE FOREST LIES
AND THAT CRAZY DOG JUMPS UP AND OVER MY SHOULDER HE FLIES
AND A SKINNY GIRL WALKING A SKINNY DOG GOES BY
HEADED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION

AND THE PRIMIEVAL FOREST IS BLUE AND WHITE
IVERY FOXES MOC=VE IN CLEAR SIGHT
AND I SCREAM TO THAT DOG YOU BETTER TAKE FLIGHT
THEY’LL MAKE A MEAL OF YOU

THEN THREE FIGURES APPROACH LOOKING LIKE ANCIENT KINGS
WEARING NOBLE BEARDS AND ANIMAL SKINS
AND THE FOXES CHANGE INTO WHITE LIONS
KING OF BEAST AND KING OF MAN

THE LEADER OF THE MEN GOES FIRST
FEARING NEITHER BEAST NOR CURSE
DARING THE WORLD TO DO ITS WORST
HIS HEART KNOWS NO FEAR

AND HE DOES NOT FEEL THE LION’S BREATH
HE DOES NOT SENSE HIS OWN IMPENDING DEATH
IN A FLASH THE MIGHTY JAWS HAVE SNAPPED HIS NEACK
AND FLIPPED HIM UP AND OVER LIKE A RAG DOLL

IN A TRICE THE OTHER LIONS BOUND
AND PIN HIS LIFELESS BODY TO THE GROUND
WHILE THEIR LEADER JERKS HER JAWS AROUND
RIPPING THE CORPSE TO PIECES

THE OTHERS BY THEIR FALLEN IDOL KNEEL
THEY DO NOT BEGRUDGE THE LIONS THEIR MEAL
THEY KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENED SIMPLY HAD TO BE
THEY ALL RESPECT THE INEVITABLE

BUT THE PATH I’M ON LEADS RIGHT PAST THAT SITE
AND SUDDENLY I AM TAKEN BY FRIGHT
AND I DISREGARD THE STILL SMALL VOICE INSIDE
TELLING ME I’VE NOTHING TO FEAR
AND I SCRAMBLE TO THE RIGHT OVER A LOW STONE WALL
AND UP A STEEP GRAVELLY GRADE I CRAWL
INTO A FULL-COLOR WORLD THAT IS ALL
FILLED WITH MUDDY CHILDREN

SCREAMING AND POINTING THEY’RE WANTING TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WOODS THEY WANT THE FULL BLOW BY BLOW
IN FEAR AND FASCINATION TO THEM IT’S JUST ANOTHER SHOW
OF WHICH THEY HAVE NO COMPREHENSION

AND GOD FORGIVE ME FOR MY FALL
I’M MUCH TO EAGER TO TELL THEM ALL
FROM THE VERY FIRST MOMENT I FEARFULLY DID CRAWL
INTO THIS WITLESS WORLD

I FEED THE HORROR GOSSIP MACHINE
WITH THE STORIES OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN
THE OVERCAST SKIES THE MAGAZINES
ARE FILLED WITH MY PICTURE

I AM FAMOUS IN THIS WORLD
OF FRIGHTENED LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS
WHO LIKE ME HAVE ABANDONED THEMSELVES IN THE SWIRL
OF USELESS ANTICIPATION

BUT ME I HOPE ONE DAY THE TIME WILL BE RIGHT
AND I CAN SLIP BACK NTO THAT NIGHT
WHERE LIONS PROWL IN BLUE MOONLIGHT
AND I CAN ONCE AGAIN
WALK ALONG MY RIGHTFUL PATH
WALK ALONG MY RIGHTFUL PATH
WALK ALONG MY RIGHTFUL PATH

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from Mr. Paul McMahon, released July 9, 1990

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45 ... more

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