Don't worry about my politics 
They are what they are 
I work best when I get some rest 
Right now I'm in a bar 
Overlooking the whole wide world 
It's over the Pacific 
I've never written when I was drunk 
This could be terrific! 
And the seabird struggles in the wind 
She topples, balances again 
The lady sitting next to me 
Is gazing in the eyes 
Of the stranger sitting next to her 
Who is mouthing truths and lies 
He's actually quite nice I guess 
He has an honest look 
He doesn't know I've lost my mind 
Scribbling in this book 
And the seabird struggles in the wind 
She topples, balances again 
Consumed by the evening's masterpiece 
Completely introverted 
From here I could stare down eternity 
leave alone and not feel deserted 
I'm tired of interesting faces 
And the dull ones make my weep 
Don't ask me what my sign is 
Instant intimacy runs cheap 
The ocean is so bountiful 
It spreads from coast to coast 
The winds scale off the whitecaps 
And the things I love the most 
Come wafting up into my lap 
In the colors of the great sunrise 
Children holding cupcakes 
With paradise in their eyes 
And the seabird struggles in the wind 
She topples, balances again 
Four big pelicans just flew by 
The room got very still 
One of them carried the breath of God 
Tucked way back in his bill 
I know it was the breath of God 
It's the same as the secret of life 
He's carrying it off to the Shah of Iran 
To trade it for the end of strife 
And the seabird struggles in the wind 
She topples, balances again
 
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