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Nappy and Friends

from 33 Songs for 33 People by Henrietta Toughlove

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Socrates hanging out with Napoleon, decides to die, Nappy pitched hedonism, then Buddha shows up and the party really starts.

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While Napoleon sipped on his brandy
Socrates went out for a think
he came back and said
such a pain in my head
I need something herbal to drink

you worry too much my dear Grecian
the emperor farted and said
the brain full of fire
is bound to expire
why rush things? Have brandy instead.

but Socrates' brain it was screaming
the world that he'd seen, a disgrace
he said, I'll be ready
once my hands can hold steady
to this cup and its rough ready taste

The world's a rock upon which the heart
Crashes like ocean waves
Then flows back to the cold blind deep
Until the rock beckons again

oh please do stop your complaining
the General said to his friend
I've not heard such whining
since John-boy was pining
for all of god's kingdom to end

you'll not stop me, I'm clever, more clever
than Plato, and he was my Dad
I'm coming to join you
and probably annoy you
and if you're not there, well, I won't be mad

there's no one waiting for us
there's no world out past the sun
and all that is certain
is this one in hurtin'
and once you are dead, well you are done

The world's a rock upon which the heart
crashes like ocean waves
then flows back to the cold blind deep
until the rock beckons again

it can't be, it can't be, both of them cried,
you radiant Nepalese louse
death is no answer
by blade or by cancer
and how did you get in our house?

I came in through the front door
heard your argument out on the street
and I never once said
you'd be better off dead
but who wants to be stuck on repeat?

there's no other place waiting for us
there's no world out past the sun
and all that is certain
is this one in hurtin'
and once you are dead, well, you're done

The world's a rock upon which the heart
Crashes like ocean waves
Then flows back to the cold blind deep
Until the rock beckons again

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from 33 Songs for 33 People, released December 29, 2020
Arrangement: Henrietta Toughlove. Performance: Marc P., TrukStar.

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