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Pico Della Mirandola Eating pizza and granola Dante Gabriel Rosetti Eating corn flakes and spaghetti Herman Melville and the whale Eating spam and eggs of quail Lennon and McCartney playing In the court of the old bailey Mary Tyler Moore is throwing Her hat up while it is snowing And Laverne and Shirley drink some Beer though it is rather early Fonzarelli jumped the shark while Mr. Kotter walked the park Tolkien fought the shadow while Lovecraft stared into the dark Pico Della Mirandola Eating pizza and granola Dante Gabriel Rosetti Eating corn flakes and spaghetti

Well I've written a treatise on philosophy I can quote you Sappho in original Greek Quantum theory I know in and out But I didn't know about the field mouse
I didn't know about the field mouse I didn't know about the field mouse Relativity does not leave me in doubt But I didn't know about the field mouse I can conquer all the armies of the Russian tzar I command on land and sea near and far My piercing gaze will turn your men to rout But I can't defend against the field mouse I can't defend against the field mouse I can't defend against the field mouse My piercing gaze will turn your men to rout But I can't defend against the field mouse I can picture every move that a man could make And a couple of manouvers that are known to the snake I can see the tiger in his golden house But I can't imagine the field mouse I can't imagine the field mouse I can't imagine the field mouse I can see the painted tiger in his comfortable house But I can't imagine the field mouse

Darling please don't look me in the eyes Though the pains enough to make me cry I cannot weep because my tears are dry I cant explain so I dont even try The hurt is always more than I can take I'm trying to think which was my first mistake I'm bent so far it would be easier to break I go to sleep the nightmare starts when I awake I hear your words and your voice cuts me like a knife And I dont think you even realize And so I sing in voices full of sighs Darling please dont look me in the eyes Darling please don't look me in the eyes Though the pains enough to make me cry I cannot weep because my tears are dry I cant explain so I dont even try

I think I dont know what I want I know I dont want what I think I want what I think I dont know I think I dont want what I know I want what I know I dont think I know I dont think what I want

Seventy seven benevolent elephants Sixty six snakes shaking cinnamon sticks Fifty five bad black bears bearing beehives Fourty four french flying fish flayed alive Thirty three thespians thrusting thusly Twenty two timid titmice tell the truth

I wanna be an actor So I can lie around in bed Just like my saviour Jesus And the children that he fed You know Jesus was an actor And he was famous long ago For playing electric violin On Desolation Row I wanna be a doctor So I can look in peoples eyes Just like Sister Mary Magdalene And her holy thunder thighs You know Mary was a doctor And she would heal all ills and woes In the quiet villiage of Bethlehem On Desolation Row I wanna be a salesman So I can handle jewels and gems Just like good old Saint Augustine And the New Jerusalem You know Auggie was a salesman Of a church you do not know One where Jesus never came To Desolation Row I wanna be the governor So I can lie right to your face Like the holy angel Metatron In the arid desert wastes You know Metatron recorded Deeds of all; both friend and foe Its the only story you will hear In Desolation Row

The sea she looks so lonely without you Lit only as reflected by the moon As if my longing for you she did know And took it on herself to pave a road By letting fall her tears which crystallize As brilliant scintillating points of light To lead me back to you and safe to home

	      Written while flying alone on a plane 
	      looking out the window at the moon on the ocean.