2/15/26 Made into slaves By the perceptions Taught us as children. cc 9/6/18

Made into slaves

By the perceptions

Taught us as children

Children should be seen and not heard

Don't talk so loud your looking absurd

Look with your eye and not with your hand

What about that don't you understand

Don't touch yourself you'll go straight to hell

Go to confession your sins you'll dispel

Don't speak unless you're spoken to

Do what I say and not what I do

Don't point, sit still you're embarrassing me

I know what I'm doing don't disagree

Made into slaves

By the perceptions

Taught us as children

2/10/26 Onlly now cc 5/1/18

Only 

Now

Howling winds and blowing snow

Another day the same old show

One by one the days march by

Some day soon I'm gonna die

But today can be the best one yet

I'll live it fully without regret

Study, learn and write some bullshit

Do push-ups, sit-ups and try to stay fit

Break the chains and charge ahead

There's a lot to do before I'm dead

Only

Now

2/5.26 Let the Mystery be cc 7/8/18

Let the

Mystery be

What am I doing where am I going

There ain't no way of really knowing

I make a guess and try something new

Then I would ponder while I did a review

The seasons change the rains always come

Sometimes I'm smart quite often dumb

The Romans build some coliseums

The Germans had their mausoleums

Birdsongs greet the early sunrise

I'll be kind and grateful to my demise

Let the

Mystery be

Iris DeMent

 

Mystery 465 CC 2/5/26

Let the

Mystery be

What am I doing where am I going

There ain't no way of really knowing

I make a guess and try something new

Then I would ponder while I did a review

The seasons change the rains always come

Sometimes I'm smart quite often dumb

The Romans build some coliseums

The Germans had their mausoleums

Birdsongs greet the early sunrise

I'll be kind and grateful to my demise

Let the

Mystery be

Iris DeMent

7/8/18  465

Let the
Mystery be

What am I doing where am I going
There ain't no way of really knowing
I make a guess & try something new
Then I would ponder while I did a review
The seasons change the rains always come
Sometimes I'm smart quite often dumb
The Romans build some coliseums
The Germans had their mausoleums
Birdsongs greet the early sunrise
I'll be kind and grateful to my demise

Let the
Mystery be
Iris DeMent
7/8/18  465


















































Let the
Mystery be

What am I doing where am I going
There ain't no way of really knowing
I make a guess & try something new
Then I would ponder while I did a review
The seasons change the rains always come
Sometimes I'm smart quite often dumb
The Romans build some coliseums
The Germans had their mausoleums
Birdsongs greet the early sunrise
I'll be kind and grateful to my demise

Let the
Mystery be
Iris DeMent
7/8/18  465

2/3/26Keep up the pace We all lose the race cc 3/11/19

Keep up the pace 

We all lose the race

I sit and ponder how quick life goes

And sand the dead skin from my toes

This day can be the best one yet

I'll be kind and grateful without regret

Stand straight,relax there's still much to learn

Study and think there's no time to burn

There still may be time to create my vision

If I give up all my indecision

This may be the day

I'll stay out of the way

Keep up the pace 

We all lose the race

1/23/26 Someday When I have More time cc 18/

Someday

When I have

More time

Someday when I have more time

I'll write some songs and epic rhyme

The days go by at a steady pace

But as I age they seem to race

I delude myself I'll have more time later

When it slows down & my powers are greater

For years I've planed to put up an eavestrough

Definitely next spring I'll stop putting it off

I still think that later is a solid place 

Where there's still a chance to win the race

Someday

When I have

More time

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1/16/26 There's no Sometime it's This Time or never cc7/11/18

There's no 

Sometime it's

This Time or never

There's no future only now

To lady fortune we almost bow

The best laid plans of mice and men

Often wind up in history's dust bin

So be here now and smell the flowers

Run and dance in the springtime showers

Now is when it all takes place

Don't turn it into some kind of race

Be happy, present stay aware

And always do it with lots of flair

There's no

Sometime it's

This Time or never