Love, life and laughter

The father's wheel turns
while the son's heel burns
a track in the floor
right up to the door
of life's horizon
and all that's to come

the mother's heart aches
while the daughter just takes
the way out of there
she just doesn't care
for what's gone before
she knows she wants more
   
     love, life and laughter
     that's what she's after
     not what she's got
     she thinks that is not
     love, life and laughter

the minister weeps
his sermons won't keep
his flock right in line
they move with the times
their eyes shine so bright
with such different light

the law does not hold
its own in the cold
we're out on our own
with all that we know
dispersed in  the wind
we lose ourselves in

        love, life and laughter
        that's what we're after
        not what we've got
        we feel that that's not
        love, life and laughter
        love, life and laughter



1987.