Lyrics of The Wanderer XIII

The Sun had risen
Chasing the dark
As the day started
I went to the park

Slowly I walked breathing
the shimmering air
And for a moment
I hadn't a care

It was spring and everything
Was just starting to grow
Getting plenty to drink
From the melting snow

Looking around, I thought
Could this really be
The beauty of nature
Was something to see.

Every thread of nature held in it's place
With help from the strands of things that are living
Like a beautiful tapestry hanging from the sky
To take it all in simply made me feel high

When suddenly out of the blue, there he was
A man in black with a hood on his head
Sprawled on a park bench, not moving an inch.
I thought, I thought he was dead

Then he awoke and to my surprise
There was lightning in both of his eyes
He tried to stand up but he was much too weak
Then opened his mouth to try and speak

I have a quote from Genesis that should be read
I want to share it with you This is what he said
"In the beginning there was nothingness and God but waived His hand
And from the void there sprang the beauty of the land

And high above the canyon walls the diamond stars were new
And breezes blew from nothingness and herbs and grasses grew
The silent creatures roamed the earth and multiplied their kind
And man was a molecule that God left behind"

Now the air we breathe is poisoned
From emissions, and every factory stack
And the exhaust from fossil burning machines
On the long highway, oh so black

The river of life flowing since creation
Now a polluted disgusting disgrace
Heading to the sea with each new generation
Sickening the whole human race

A fact of life for nature indeed
Clean air and water to grow
Though God's creatures cannot speak
Some how this they know
If man were to ruin these things
These things that they need
It will most likely cost him his life
Just to pay for his greed

I am a spirit destined forever, forever to roam
The earth is my ultra dimensional universal home
I'm planning a very long journey
To turn all that is wrong in the world into what's right

Would you like to come with me?
I am leaving here tonight
Then his voice crackled and faded
As he disappeared, disappeared out of sight

I thought for a moment, could this really be?
Had I spoken to a shadow that was an entity?
Could it mean that by meeting, meeting my old friend?
That I too was destined to be wandering wandering
Wandering again

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