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*​*​*​Often I Saunter (à la Martin Newell)

from à la by Mitch Friedman

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from Game Show Teeth (2008)

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OFTEN I SAUNTER
(à la Martin Newell)

In the rush, rush, rush of the day
see the push and the crush of the people parade
Riding cars, bikes, buses and trains
through the Mach V circus of Ringmaster Fray
They've no time to clown

In the hush, hush, hush of the night
near the plush of the pillow and the shush of polite
Fighting slapstick happenstance dreams
with a keystone 'copter cropping the scenes
It's time they slow down

So often I saunter
for want of a better way
Often I saunter about . . .

About 1 pm, adjoin to them a gent with a gradual gait
They buzz and blur but I prefer simply to perambulate
A slow-motion potentate

About 1 am, en route to REM
as masses and watches unwind
They snore and stir but next to her
I'm utterly calm and supine
An otter aloft in brine

It is such, such, such a short life
We are specs of dust in eternity's eyes
With so much, much, much far and wide
watch us brush, brush, brush every detail aside
They don't see my frown

So often I saunter
for want of a better way
Often I saunter about . . .

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from à la, released March 15, 2022

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