comfort and joy

COMFORT AND JOY

OK then, intro - we'll pick it up...
In the alehouse they are doing afters
Whole lotta chatting going on
There's little thirst but less going home
Background tangled lives set to music
And pop whose function was never more fitting
Paid for by those with no-one to talk to
Or more likely the joy of lifers
At the top and stuck for a next move

Our man is one such lifer
"It's only once so take your time"
In the past he'd spent some time in prison
A subject that had recently risen
'Twas going down well, disturbing and hilarious
The man embraced for drinking sour milk
Then all the more when he mentions his divorce
First up the "You're better off" stuff
Then the gaggle of bloated advisors
Disguised in drink and drunk on family life
Talk of hostility towards others
Love and change, heartaches and courage
Depressions and dreams
In a basic and colorful language
Row about we're all in the same boat
It is random, it's ironic
These companions working on friendship
Hearts in the right place, between the head and the feet
His mind runs away with itself
Other people's voice, empty glasses
He's off into the cold light of day
This gives a vague idea of what he has to go through
Down to earth, day by day background
Optimistic
About drama, let the story unfold
One thing's for sure, you'll soon get the picture
Just a minute to get down the road

Saturated by booze, sexually frustrated
A reality he has manufactured
This being his kind of man
Oh god and America, the voice of the tempter
Says, "I think you have an obligation
To look sort of what you're supposed to look like"
Culture grid springs into action
Association and experience
Diapause and fantastic fantasies
Better the desert that's familiar
Than the plot that you don't know
No content makes for lots of room
Our man at home could appreciate such space
Double time and no contentment
Psychic drive meets law and order
It's about time to get fed up
He rubs the corners off his appetite
Purity versus ambition
"Horrid thoughts you have to laugh"
Is the latest thought that our man has had
Learning seems at odds with relaxation
Common sense and evergreen bread
However abstract go for affection
Recognize the rules and grease the palm
Perception and expression, love, life and law
It's a watered down thirst for knowledge
Up to date, no news is good news

Boom baby, Baby boom
Sugar culture, I'm in the denture business
I said "Crops," I said, "Cash" and I'm smiling
Things that are useful encourage support
Who needs the piss poor poets pain of love?
Another's heartbeat banging on the free spirits drum?
Integrate or isolate?
When change contends with happiness
Full of beans and fit to drop
Puffing and blowing
Up the wooden hills to bed
And an inevitable anti-climax
Our man is not a riveter
He was one once but changed his mind
Well we could all use a little luxury
Speed and range, comfort and joy
Cue nostalgia - behold a baby boy
The good lord smiled the day
The nurse told his ma to get back to eating for one
Born to a household with all the top items
Water, heat and food and so life goes on