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Lentils

from Lentils by Kath Tait

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lyrics

Lentils

Life was cheap, our thoughts were deep
We did not wash for 40 weeks
We ate the brown rice and the lentils
We thought we were so existential
We did not weep, we took a leap
To the bottom of the social heap
The view was clearer than from the top
Our wisdom flourished, our wealth did not.

The social ladder it was too steep
We watched our friends climb up so high
Then we watched them wave bye bye
Disappearing in the sky
We smoked a pipe, we grew a beard
The neighbours thought that we were weird
We were weird but we were not glum
Wasting our youth was too much fun.

We were not dense, we lived in tents
To cut down on bills and rent
Under umbrellas, we ate the lentils
We thought we were so environmental
We did not mope, we bought the dope
With the money that we saved on soap
We made our choices and there was time
So if things went wrong we could change our minds.

The corporate ladder it was too steep
We watched our friends climb up so high
Then we watched them wave bye bye
Disappearing in the sky
We smoked a pipe, we grew a beard
The neighbours thought that we were weird
We were weird but we were not glum
Wasting our youth was too much fun.

Was it uncouth, to spend our youth
Throwing parties on the roof ?
Our new friends were not respectable
Our old friends became aloof
We wrote a poem, like Leonard Cohen
About not knowin’ where we were goin’
And so we stumbled through the years
Chasing a stream of peculiar ideas
While the mice, the ticks and lice
The weevils thrived in the brown rice
The days went round. Our lives did go
The price of lentils stayed reasonably low.

And we’ve no regrets about the debts
Or the savings we did not collect
We’ll spend our old age eating lentils
With no spare cash for non-essentials
There’ll be no trips on luxury ships
No new false teeth or plastic hips
And as for choices, there’s nothing left
But to become Buddhist nuns, I guess.

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from Lentils, released July 18, 2019

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Kath Tait London, UK

Bio: Kath Tait is a songwriter from New Zealand, living in London. She writes about her life as a carer, a hippy, an itinerant bard and a wholefood freak. Described as ‘wonky and eccentric’ she is an empathetic and intelligent lyricist.

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