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That Was The World That Was

by Bill White

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If I came back as I am now To you as you were then Would we part forever Or fall in love again Ask the babies They still know What we forget As we grow So before we let it go Ask the babies If the universe is moving, What is it moving through? Is it action and only action That animates a point of view? Ask the babies They still know What we forget As we grow So before we let it go Ask the babies Babies ask invisible friends What we were before will we be after the end? Why the old folks ask why and how I dont believe you loved me then Because you dont love me now Oh really? Just ask the babies They will know We forget As we grow So before we let it go Ask the babies
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That was a long time ago Both of us know You are stoppping by Just to say hello But whats the use? Honey, cant you see? I cant say hello to you because you never said goodbye to me I dont have time for coffee I dont have time to chat I dont have time to reminisce About this or that And Im sure you are busy too With things I cannot see And I cant say hello to you When you never said goodbye to me The night you left Was one of kisses and champagne But in the morning you were gone Never to return again I dont regret the time we spent In each others company But if I say hello again It will bb the death of me Why should I say hello to you? You never said goodbye to me Hello..goodbye..they have no place In twiight memories Hello Goodbye
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I wrote a book about some folks I used to know Some of them are gone now The rest are going slow I didnt write it to entertain you Or to mess with your had I wrote it to bring back the dead My good friend Duffy Saved my best friends life The assailent busted up his head As he pushed the gun aside Somem say it was the beating Some say it was the wine But one way or another He was dead at 59 Repeat chorus The first time I saw Virgil Was in a photograph He and Maron Brando Were having a laugh We were in a movie together And he couldnt remember his lines He died of Alzheimers On the streets of pantomime Repeat Chorus Old cowboy Morris He hated my guts Every time I started singing He told me to shut up But I always kind of liked him Though we drove in different lanes And he wasnt that bad an actor On days when it didnt rain Repeat Chorus
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Brother Blue 04:05
A leaf on the tree Floated up to the sky It wasnt a leaf at all It was a butterfly That was the first thing I learned from Brother Blue He told it to me. Im telling you, Blue could shake a spear Into King Lear And pull it out without a stain He put on Merlins hat And that was that Let Romero take the blame Thats the way it was with Brother Blue He was a friend of mine Hed love to make friends with you Black people dont gt anywhere Until they reach the top of their game White folks who sing out of tune Are big stars, household name Thats the second thing I learned from Brother Blue I asked him why he took the time To teach the art of storytelling To people who couldnt rhyme. He said if you were on Mars And some Martian was telling a story I bet you would sit down and listen You wouldnt give a hoot if he was shaking a spear Or just licking his bone Now that is the essence of Brother Blue He dropped out of divinity school He went down to Harvard Square You and I, weve been there We learned a lot form Brother Blue For instance Poetry cannot survive in the poetry slam But the slam might be the only thing Keeping poetry alive Just another thing I earned from Brother Blue He told it to me Im telling you Ill always remember my friend Brother Blue Bringing joy and wisdom to me and you Brother Blue
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The sea crashes over the wall Fish escape the broken nets She thought she heard the trumpets blow But it was just one cornet Was it suicide or murder? 12 Angry Men unreconciled Sundays only witness Was the portrait of a child

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released September 26, 2019

All songs written and performed by Bill White 2019

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