Nothing world

If the whirlwind took him
he wouldn't know where he'd been
just how far he was thrown
to what shore he was blown
with a woman wailing
and him doggedly trailing
all the girls in the world
raggedy world
in that tragic nothing world

if the feeling drove him
or the heart could show him
how things could make sense
beyond mere self-defense
with no one's sad crying
in the darkness a-trying
to make deals with the world
goldmine of a world
all that magic nothing world

they said please do not care
told him never to share
in friendship and love
all those things from above
so he's flirting with
all that's hurting it
pearly whisp of a world
raggedy world
all that tragic nothing world

and does it take all these veils
to hide beauty's mad sail
does it take the trappings
so you can't hear the flappling
of sad curtains in
the wind as it sings
to surrender the world
goldmine of a world
all that magic nothing world
all that tragic nothing world



1979.