The Courtyard

Saw your brother in the courtyard

Playing marbles with his Auntie Jane

And I saw your sister in East Asia

Playing hide and seek inside of my brain

Long before it stopped

I was aware of the reason

Held it high, not to be forgot

Saw the communists in East China

Waving their little red books in their hands

And they looked on with a sort of disdained interest

And I looked up to the sky and I says "Is it all planned?"

And I saw the politicians in South America

Groveling upon their knees

And I imagine all of the world's populace

Look at them, they'll do anything to please

Long before it stopped

I was aware of the reason

Held it high, not to be forgot

Saw your brother in the courtyard

Playing marbles with his Auntie Jane

And I was aware of your sister in East Asia

Oh, playing hide and seek inside of my brain

And I saw a man with a outstretched hand

And I, person asked me what it was all for

And I said to him "Well, now, can't you see

That that's the hand with which he blesses me?"

Long before it stopped

I was aware of the reason

Held it high, not to be forgot