mind set
I’m startin’ t’see black behind my eyes.
I’ve seen one too many lies
And heard one too many alibis.
I’ve got t’ get me a good disguise
If I’m gonna get through all my lives in one piece.
My mascara musta run too much
That makeup man musta been out to lunch.
Either that or he lost his touch at the crucial moment.
I thought he’d used a tattoo gun
To put that stuff permanently on
So it wouldn’t run and let my tears tell her the truth.
But it musta been my heart I heard
Hammering to drown out her words so I wouldn’t face the proof.
How do we tell what we have seen and not make it sound obscene
To the person who shares our dream of reality?
Is it better to pass on by
Than to get sidetracked by all those lies
Or lose my way on alibis
Whose arms seek to embrace me?
If I knew how the truth to that would unfold
I’d know the true color of Jesus’ robe
And the answer to eternity.
But it’s her heart’s truth that I’m aching to see
Through the roadblock of her fantasy
So I ask myself how far around I must go
To reach the peace of her soul.
Someone said that I would find
Life’s circle only takes the time
To disarm the booby traps that I set in my mind
To protect me from myself.
But I can’t help but suppose
That it’s only her who really knows
The true path on life’s ground
To make the circle come full round.
How do we tell what we know and not make it fall like snow
That covers the person who would know the peace of our soul?