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I |Want To Hear The Planet Sing

from Hauntology by Bill White

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i want to hear the planet sing
in all its joy and misery
the tears of the tarantula
the laughter of count dracula
the arias of empty pews
the harmonies of morning dew
the trolley going ding a ling
i want to hear the planet sing

i want to hear the planet sing
the punches in a boxing ring
the seesaws and buzzsaws and birds
the cha chas the by laws and herds
of caskets and cradles and cries
the songs oozing out of their eyes
the sadness that the postman brings
i want to hear the planet sing

i want to hear the birds and whales
Willie Loman and Soupy Sales
Lonesome cowboys Joe and Bert
The soldiers when they hit the dirt
The hound dog singing in the shower
The fart inside the seat of power
The cops when they take LSD
i want to hear the planet sing


I want to hear the planet sing
strangled on a hanging swing
The botwots and pot snots and cows
imbo who limbos his brows
the tortoise the porpoise the snake
the cook and the parakeet cake
the bees buzzing backwards in spring
ii want to hear the planet sing

i want to hear the river tell
the fishermen to go to hell
to watch the levetated lakes
puncture the air with ice cream stakes
i want to hear the gasping oil
vomit back into the soil
the arm daydreaming in a sling
i want to hear the planet sing

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from Hauntology, released September 21, 2023
written and performed by bill white

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