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I FEEL LIKE A STRANGER    IN A STRANGE LAND
I FEEL LIKE A CULTURAL TOURIST
FIGURING LIFE WHILE I'M GETTING A TAN
I FEEL LIKE DA VINCI ON STEROIDS
CARVING NAKED STICK FIGURES IN SAND
AS I LIE ON THE BEACH   ANSWERS JUST OUT OF REACH
HOPING OPRAH WILL REVEAL THE PLAN

EVERYBODY'S AN ACTOR
AND EVERYONE ELSE DOES REVIEWS
EVERYBODY'S A PREACHER
AND EVERYONE ELSE SITS IN PEWS
I DON'T CARE WHICH SCRIPT YOU'RE PLAYING
OR WHICH BIBLE YOU'RE USING TODAY
YOU ALWAYS WANT PAID FOR DIRECTING
OR TELLING US JUST HOW TO PRAY

I WANDER INTO A NEW SCENE
PLAY IT UP TO THE CLIMAX AND GO
I REFUSE TO SLEEP WITH PRODUCERS
IF THEY WON'T PUT ME IN THEIR NEXT SHOW
IS HOLLYWOOD REALLY JUST HEAVEN
HAS THE MYSTERY FINALLY BEEN SOLVED?
DO WE PLAY UNION SCALE   OR HOLD OUT FOR MORE
OR POLITELY DENY WE'RE INVOLVED?

IF THE UNIVERSE HAS ANY SECRETS
CAN THEY TELL THEM ON ET TONIGHT?
IF I PRAY LIKE THEY DO ON A SITCOM
WILL THEY COME TAKE ME INTO THE LIGHT?
IT'S RHETORICAL NOW THAT I'M ASKING
AND YOU KNOW I WOULD NEVER COMPLAIN
BUT WAS THERE SOMETHING I MISSED, WHILE OUT TAKING A PISS
DID NIRVANA JUST GO DOWN THE DRAIN?

I FEEL LIKE A STRANGER   IN A STRANGE LAND
I FEEL LIKE A BLIP IN THE BIG SCREEN
GETTING CANCER WHILE EATING OAT BRAN
MAYBE IT'S BEST THAT I DON'T KNOW
MAYBE I SHOULD JUST GO THROUGH IT BLIND
MAYBE I SHOULD JUST PAUSE   AND STOP GRASPING AT STRAWS
AND JUST TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.





COPYRIGHT 1996 DESERTMAC

HOMAGE IS DULY PAID TO THE LATE ROBERT A HEINLEN
AUTHOR OF ONE OF THE BEST SCI-FI BOOKS EVER,
"STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"

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