In honor of Columbus Day, let's do something different.
Superman Eyes
I got superman eyes, ex-ray vision;
I see through everything,
Cain't make no decision.
I got uber-man eyes, blind but fat;
I can't see a blessed thing,
Don't know where I'm at.
I got superman eyes
Blinded by the light.
When you see through it all,
Might as well be night.
I got superman speed, goin' fast;
Circle round a round world,
And the first is last.
I got uber-man speed, where'm I goin'?
At the bottom of the well,
And I just keep borin'
I got superman eyes
Blinded by the light.
When you see through it all,
Might as well be night.
From The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis:
If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.
I couldn't figure out your use of "cain't", in more than one instance - is 'Shroom slippin' a subliminal message in here - the biblical or the political kind, both could work - nay, that's jest my quirky mind. He's jest funnin' with country. :) There's a really sweet Louisiana country gal in my yoga class who says "had went", when "went" would do; startling to hear.
ReplyDeleteThis puts me in mind of a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon wherein Calvin laments his ability to see all sides of an issue. His world became flat, like a Picasso abstract. He couldn't navigate it properly.
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It's just poetic license to use my native hillbilly. The one I will say without ever thinking about it is "fixin'". I'm never just going to work, I'm fixin' to go to work. I've even heard Bush use that one.
ReplyDeleteI used to be a big C&H fan -- I kind of remember that one now that you mention it.
He said, Columbus not Columbo.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Mushroom. I don’t know how he gets out.
Here boy!