Building Blind

from Strange Life by Frank Zappia

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lyrics

BUILDING BLIND

66 million years
Took that long to get us here
Why do I feel so sick?
How’d we even get to this?

They say hindsight is a beautiful thing
Now I’m looking back at where we’ve been
You and me so simple then
Scared to see how this all ends

Please...
give me a warm hand to hold
Look me in the eyes
and remind me what it’s like
to feel I’m in control

Building blind on our history
Yesterday’s now tomorrow’s dream
They were calling out the turn
and we turned away
Maybe we were just afraid
of something we might learn that day

See this damage that we done
Reckless living, had our fun
Scientific evidence
Think we overstepped the precedence

Please...
Give me a warm hand to hold
Our world is getting older
The stories we were told
when we were young
Now they’ve taken form
So many tried to warn us
only to be ignored

We been building blind on our history
Yesterday’s now tomorrow’s dream
They were calling out the turn
but they were turned away
Maybe they were just afraid
of what they had to advocate

Wonder should we say a prayer
Take the Yahweh, get us there
Devils draped in purity
Deliver us Humanity

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from Strange Life, released December 21, 2019
Words and music by Frank Zappia
(featuring samples of spoken word by Alan Watts, philosopher)

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Frank Zappia Canberra, Australia

Frank Zappia is a piano player, composer, singer/songwriter from Canberra, Australia. Frank showcases his gentle musical style, melodically and dynamically through his original songs, pop covers and instrumental piano compositions.

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