Leave my loneliness unbroken
There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.
Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.
Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.
I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.
For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.
We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.
Fortunately, I had cousins who lived in Buffalo and would often go to visit them, which I loved to do because I liked Buffalo as it was a big city. Even today, the bigger the city, the better.
I don't believe in art like I used to. I believe in something beyond it, something that contains art and everything else. But I just don't quite have the nerve to chuck drawing and painting. Part of it is that I enjoy it too much, and part is that I don't have the courage to renounce the world. I don't want to move out of this nice neighborhood so that I can live in a shed and devote myself to meditating and touching something I can't feel. I'm addicted to the fun of playing in the world.
Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taught.
The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.