song for insane times

great song if you haven't heard it
by kevin ayers off of his joy of a toy album in 1969 or so
(did all of the great records come out then???)

I have been thinking and sleepily trying to dream and
it's been so vivid and reflective these days and I can only
know that this is how it is when summer ends and autumn starts
a beginning once again to look back and remember and hope for
the future and all of that. I am feeling older but not in any depressing
way, just a little bit more like someone who has made it this far so far
it feels a little better

have been thinking of these lyrics a lot lately as fall begins to enfold

from "Mama, You Been on My Mind"

"When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror.
You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near.
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
As someone who has had you on his mind"

from "Boots of Spanish Leather"

"Oh how can, how can you ask me again?
It only brings me sorrow.
The same thing I would want today
I would want again tomorrow."

from "Chelsea Hotel #2"

"I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said,
Well never mind, we are ugly but we have the music."