For Goodness' Sake

Simple back beats seem to sooth me

If I could hold them I would let sing

Take some rest as if not wicked

Walk around enjoying silence

A world away, elders gather

Begin their tongues and hardly falter

Words of fun, joy and grievance

Simple songs, work and penitence(?)

Drowning like a stone

Or a path overgrown

Never lie away

So for goodness sake

Down the road

Deer are crossing

The grass is greener where they're walking

Rattling beast and heavy movement

Mark their now son before we lose them

Bear your arms ever so wisely

Burn them all if you have no need

Dress to kill but kill so kindly

Hollow hearts to weak and weary

Drowning like a stone

Or a path overgrown

Never lie away

So for goodness sake

Now call me crazy

But all the old ways of living simple are simply fading

And all we buy is time before we die

Lay on down sense of how

One old friend he seldom told me

I don't mind is the devils playpen

Mind the gaps and watch them closely

Spread the love but chose your friends wisely

To love yourself to love your family

Find the difference between wants and needs

Be sure to stop count your blessings

Smell the roses and fight for something

Drowning like a stone

Or a path overgrown

Never lie away

So for goodness sake

Now call me crazy

But all the old ways of living simple are simply fading

And all we buy is time before we die

Lay on down sense of how