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Make It Real

from Strange Life by Frank Zappia

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MAKE IT REAL

Righteous Man
closing in on our evolutionary distance
How have we come to this?
What we do to survive
so we don’t have to die

Extending our existence
No mythology or lore could have identified the time
Brave New World
Experiment and sow,
test what we can grow
in our neo Garden of Eden

Take a dream
to the highest homo sapien
He’ll find a reason to believe
and make it real

Take the dream
into the 22nd century
Man’s apotheosis
He’ll redefine mortality
and make it real

A life well lived is lived a little longer
A life well lived is lived a little longer
A life well lived is lived a little longer
Not every question has an answer, does it?

Host of parts
Oh, so lucky he made the cut
to keep me alive

Take my order
let’s begin
Mice and men
and hair and skin
pigmenting blood with blood,
modified
So personalised

I wonder will his thoughts be carried on with mine?

Take a dream
to the highest homo sapien
He’ll find a reason to believe
and make it real

Take the dream
into our 22nd century
Man’s apotheosis
He’ll redefine mortality
and make it real

[Future man and present man reprise]
A life well lived is lived a little longer

Not every question needs an answer,
does it?

We know that we’re selected
Our common deficiency
Turn to the sick and broken
Turn blind from obligation
Affecting consequence

Take a dream
to the highest homo sapien
He’ll find a reason to believe
and make it real

Take the dream
into the 22nd century
Man’s apotheosis
He’ll redefine mortality
and regulate his own way

We regulate our own way
We regulate our own way

So we don’t have to die

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from Strange Life, released December 21, 2019
Words and music by Frank Zappia
featuring Mark Braham (the voice of man in the future tense! Thank you Mark!)

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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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