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Says a Tender Mind

from The Fascinating Thinking Machine by Kicklighter

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I believe in love,
Peace and poetry
Butter not guns,
Books not bombs,
You've heard it all

Neighbors will see
The world the way they do
But just today
They pushed my back up to the wall

Millions must pay
For simple theories
I shake my head
Friends, we don't see mind to mind

I think too much,
I drive myself mad
You think too fast,
The obvious will make you blind

It is a world without any right angles
It is a world in shades of gray
"You have a right to look out and see easy answers.
You have a right to your only way,"
Says a tender mind.
Give the other your love
And you take no side.
But today I don't want to see this world through my enemy's eyes
Give me one last fight
And tomorrow I'll try for love again

It's just a gift, you're a workhorse human.
Don't say you live in a jungle red of tooth and claw
One man's good luck
Don't fall on everyone
One Iowa snow
Don't mean it's cold in Colombia

It is a world without any right angles
It is a world in shades of gray
"You have a right to take pride in the work you've done.
Go tell the tale of the price you paid,"
Says a tender mind.
Give the other your love
And you take no side.
But today I don't want to see this world through my enemy's eyes
Give me one last fight
And tomorrow I'll try for love again

I've wounded him
He's wounded me
Stalemate at best
I'll find my heart some distant day
Softening his face
He drops his shoulders
He turns to speak
And I'm a billion miles away

It is a world without any right angles
It is a world in shades of gray
"You have a right to take pride in yourself,"
Says a tender mind...

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from The Fascinating Thinking Machine, released March 6, 2014

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Kicklighter Tallahassee, Florida

I'm Everett Young, the founder of Kicklighter.

I'm 48 and picked up guitar 7 years ago, after finishing a PhD in political psychology and not getting the tenure-track academic job I thought I wanted.

My latest album is 2.5 years in the making.

My next step is to pursue composing for the orchestra. When or whether I'll return to pop music, I don't know. Thanks so much for listening!
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