CHANGES

Disappointed by the way this shit works

Disappointed by the way that God talks

Back to its people

I'm divided by my thoughts

I'm invited by myself

Drink some blood

Make a toast

To the ones I love the most

But wait a minute

Last time I checked

I don't think I was permitted

To complain

Lord forgive me

My soul ain't pretty

Feeling shame

Cause back in the day I was too timid

To ask for what I want

What I needed

I'm a big boy now

But I still feel it

Change ain't gon' come

Change ain't gon' come

Tell me is it true cause I heard

Ain't gon' come

Change ain't gon' come

Change ain't gon' come

Tell me is it true cause I heard

Ain't gon' come

You got me fucked up

Change ain't gon' come

Elegant flows

For a change

Man I'm on it

Let me travel you

The way I only know how

Back and forth

Vibes out the north

Oh wow

Appreciation profound

For these chords and rhythm

Out the Eden garden

Meaning always in the foreground

Like a hidden pattern no doubt

I got you interested on what I'm interested

Its almost compound

So tell me what do you want

Change ain't gon' come

Change ain't gon' come

We don't read and write poetry

Because it's cute

We read and write poetry

Because we are members

Of the human race

And the human race is filled with passion

And medicine, law, business, engineering

These are noble pursuits and necessary

To sustain life

But poetry, beauty, romance, love

These are what we stay alive for

To quote from Whitman

O me O life of the questions

Of these recurring

Of the endless trains of the faithless

Of cities filled with the foolish

What good amid these O me O life

Answer that you are here

That life exists, and identity

That the powerful play goes on

And you may contribute a verse

That the powerful play goes on