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A View From the Bridge

from Shadow Line Warnings by Bill White

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dante crossed across the waves
that never had been crossed
having left the company
of the lost in the land of the lost

me i crossed the mississippi
from missouri into tennessee
carrying sixteen thousand gallons
of untaxed gasoline

if all you see
is the view from the bridge
there wont be
much to see

keep on looking
at the view from the bridge
it's likel
y to be

the only view you'll see

one thing they saw
when they stood on the moon
was the sun
as the sun really is

it was a terrifying vision
but they will never
see the sun
in the same way again

if all you see
is the view from the bridge
there wont be
much to see

keep on looking
at the view from the bridge
it's likel
y to be

the only view you'll see


when you consider all the images
received from outer space
john the revelator
doesnt seem
like such a nut case

the greeks saw but 3 colors
blue and green looked the same
now many brand new colors
await in outer space

if all you see
is the view from the bridge
there wont be
much to see

keep on looking
at the view from the bridge
it's likel
y to be

the only view you'll see

we learned to breathe above the sea
our lungs still stiff with chalk
too late for flight into northern lights
above our seaside walk

we are not astronomers
watching the heavens from the earth
we are the poets and prophets of yesterday
watching the earth from the heavens

if all you see
is the view from the bridge
there wont be
much to see

keep on looking
at the view from the bridge
it's likel
y to be

the only view you'll see

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from Shadow Line Warnings, released July 22, 2022
written and performed by bill white

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