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My Soul Wants To Move South

from Water From The Moon by Greg Segal

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My soul wants to move south
Up to the boulevard to reclaim some pride

I live in a condo
An air conditioned dream palace in which I can hide
Until the landlord comes by
with unwanted intrusions upon my time

My room is big with walls like tissue
Overhanging the living room
And when I play my organ I'm much too loud

But at night when the room is black
In adventure and air-conditioned coolness
In sheets cleaner than a hospital's I pursue my incest

In the morning I'm going south
South to the boulevard to work in the theater
And I'm already there and I'm working in the basement

When a man comes rushing in who knows me
And is screaming with violence and hysteria in his voice

Blissful thoughts of condo heaven fade
and I am slapped awake
As he screams about blueprints in his hand
Apparently I drew them and there's a problem
(go away I want to sleep)
Apparently I'm an architect and there's a big problem
(am I in trouble?)

The whole place is coming down
And as this guy goes to grab my throat the wall rumbles
It's going to come down
Blue paint and plaster and mortar crumbles
I'm up like a shot and running like hell

The angry man and disaster are chasing me
I'm running from both and I must escape

The theater crumbles and dies below me

Up stairs ramps and ladders to the roof I escape
And I'm almost to the top and I'll make it there soon

And when I get there I'll look down
At the street I love, at the prestigious boulevard

So full of life and decay and magic
And for a moment I'll be on top of the world

And with sadness and joy and abandon
I will move south.

G.S., 12/15/86

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from Water From The Moon, released April 13, 2014
GS: 12-string electric guitar, guitar, vocals

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