Different Ways of Living
Bee Appleseed
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In a life on the road one encounters many folks Some the serious type while others are but a joke And it makes 'em realize that they're not the world's hope And there are many different ways of living So what do you have to do just to be heard? We've been living almost forever and we have nothing more than words We've tried everything but taking action and nothing seems to work Oh how much longer must we continue in this existence? But I tried, I tried Please believe I really did I went halfway 'round the world just to figure out how to live Oh I'll make you an offer take it or leave it But first tell me which invisible man do you believe in? There is a statue which points to the Holy Grail in Turin Though it seems rather accusing when you approach it Now Kaiser Wilhelm once said "find a woman who likes beer" "And I will conquer the world if you bring her right here" And they must have found one or so it would appear As he made an honest attempt to keep his promise But I tried, I tried Please believe I really did I went halfway 'round the world just to figure out how to live But to the offer again, my steps I must retrace I will be a servant to you if you vow not to be waste For we should be full of substance rather than act as drains From which a flood of nothing pours out And I've seen men with their faces painted white As a means to somehow disguise their whole entire life Speaking vain emptiness as a form of exercise While the people look on and call it art But I tried, I tried Please believe I really did I went halfway 'round the world just to figure out how to live And at celebrations for something locally achieved Some mysterious crowds of people have approached me Talking about the places I've been and where I'll be Saying "here are the pros and cons of each location" Now in some Swiss village I drank fine Italian wine On a terrace over dinner and talked for quite some time With a Brazilian man who was frankly quite surprised That I knew anything at all about his culture But I tried, I tried Please believe I really did I went halfway 'round the world just to figure out how to live And in French cities I found women in need of charity Leaning on their broken crutches through eyes that barely see Requesting only salvation in exchange for a fee Before their religion closed it's doors until the morning Now there must be a way off of it I guess For what are all these circumstance of which we obsess? And for the man that we see as a living, breathing death Well, I guess we would call him a tombstoner But I tried, I tried Please believe I really did I went halfway 'round the world just to figure out how to live And a little while back in London I believe Perhaps Trafalgar Square or Westminster Abbey A man blew fire from a horn for a crowd to hear and see As they said, "here is a coin, thanks for your service" And I saw cities upon cities upon cities down below Taking pleasure in the new and forgetting what was old As we wonder why we've lost what we used to know Perhaps it's because we were distracted by the heavens But I tried, I tried Please believe I really did I went halfway 'round the world just to figure out how to live Now I sit on a train as other folks yell on the phone But the words that they're saying I couldn't possibly know For I am but a passenger in a life that has shown To be absolutely endless and full of mystery And to live with a purpose one must be ready to die To show that there was meaning existing in their life And I know that you would always give it a try Only to have me say I wasn't serious But I tried, I tried Please believe I really did I went halfway 'round the world just to figure out how to live Oh I saw people dressed up wearing flags of the states As I'm wondering if they really know about this place Where they claim to be free and home of the brave But mostly they are incredibly loud and full of ignorance Now I'll show you how to live if you're ready to try Yeah you are oh I can see it right there in your eyes But first you must observe that there is little significance in life And there are indeed many different ways of living
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