Oysters and Pearls

Lindbergh left Long Island in 1927

Thumbed his nose at gravity

And climbed into the heavens

When he returned to earth that night

Everything had changed

For the pilot and the planet

Everything was rearranged

We're a pretty mixed-up bunch

Of crazy human beans

It's written on our rocket ships

And in early cave wall scenes

How did it happen?

How do we know?

Who sits and watches?

Who does the show?

Some people love to lead

Some refuse to dance

Some play it safely

Others take a chance

Still, it's all a mystery

This place we call the world

Where most live as oysters

But some become pearls

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi

Could shake his hips and still be loved

By rednecks, cops, and hippies

It's something more than DNA tells us who we are

It's method and it’s magic

We are of the stars

And some never fade away

Some crash and burn

And some make the world go ’round

Some watch it turn

Still, it’s all a mystery

This place we call the world

Where most are fine as oysters

But some become pearls

Lindbergh left Long Island in 1927

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