Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Us We Are, artist - Shawn Phillips.
Date of issue: 31.12.1970
Song language: English
Us We Are |
People say we are sane |
Lock your doors and play the games |
Out in a constant search of fame |
If we tell them of our dreams |
Some but bright and subtle schemes |
Others true and honest means |
Oh you people out there |
With your marshmallow wills |
Your tragic days |
And your tranquillizer pills can’t you see? |
People got to be believed |
Words have got to be perceived |
Won’t you listen to us please? |
Maybe to you it’s another day |
Do you want to see the sun |
Coming up in gray? |
Tell me what the difference is |
Between your life and pay |
Does the fire of your optimism |
Flare up in the dark? |
Can you come to me with open arms |
And strike the finite spark of love? |
Could be a case of velleity |
On your part my part |
Or anyone who thinks they see |
Through a decade an epoch |
Or maybe even centuries |
What do you think could be your reality? |
Does your breath go away |
For anything you plainly see? |
Talking to God or going on the nod |
Or freaking out a fancy free |
Take your time in the morning sun |
It lasts for half a day |
Speak your mind to your only son |
If that’s what you have to say to him |
I know I’m living in utopia |
With a strangely cloying |
Absence of euphoria |
And the rapidly increasing senses of dementia |
The anticipation in my life |
Now lends an ear |
And I know I gotta choose |
Gonna win or gonna lose |
Ah maybe that’s the fear |
I only hope that the choice of death |
Will be mine to make and clear |
Take your time in the morning sun |
It lasts for half a day |
Speak your mind to your only son |
If that’s what you have to say to him |