Song without Dessert
People are crazy and times are
strange,
someone left the cake out in the
rain.
I wake up to the sound of music,
"Bye, bye Miss American
Pie",
with nothing on my tongue but - a broken Hallelujah.
And humans are hungry for worlds they
can't share.
Sources:
Bob Dylan, "Things have
Changed"
Jimmy Webb, "MacArthur
Park"
Paul McCartney, "Let it Be"
Don McLean, "American Pie"
Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah
"
Joni Mitchell, "Song to a
Seagull"
(Grateful to the musicians whose lyrics I lifted for this cento.)
~ LCMH
