BILL PRINGLE

PUSHING PAINT


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THIRD EYE

I am awake
how else could it be
that I am taking toast an' tea

I do not sleep
the woods are lovely dark and deep

Make no mistake
the moon is riding on the lake

The highway man is at the door
i hear his footsteps on the floor

I am awake
where have you been
the russian front was crumbling

The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the foe
i followed their tracks in the snow

I saw things rather well
you were not there to judge who fell

Who's ringing the alarm bells
may all my enemies go to hell
noel noel noel

The bell tolls for you
no time to lose
i must be wearing someone else's shoes

Strange things done in the midnight sun
when the battle is lost an' won

To snooze per chance to sleep
the woods are lovely dark and deep