No Foul, No Harm
It's February in New York and I'm looking for you
I'm open to signs and performing lines I think you'd like me to Tried the bookstore, tried the hymns, tried the church on 6th Avenue Tried therapy and high school friends and talking straight to you Some nights I would swear to you that I am all alone Sometimes your voice is so clear, just like it's on the phone Sometime seekers use your name to say things that I hate And plenty of smart people think that you're more gone than great You know who you are The world ain't got that far I still search for your heart where there's no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm In search of Zarathustra I found Buddha and Taize But sitting still is still too hard for a jumping bean like me Bishop Spong just can't be wrong that all you are is love But love's got no instructions so that makes it very tough I'd like to describe you as close as I can get But the attempt is just like catching water in a net Seems like you're a force, a feeling, a tide, a clarity Honey, you're so big and I'm just little lonely me You know who you are The world ain't got that far I still search for your heart where there's no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm I don't like how you are different from Brooklyn to midtown I don't like it when people capitalize your male pronoun I don't like televangelists that yell from the screen I don't like folks with dogs or kids who use you to be mean But then again I don't like it when people say you're dead The Dawkins/Hitchens/Dennet crowd and their whole line of dread Cuz in quiet moments, darker days, and confusion I know there's something bigger than me and it's no delusion Because I feel you every time I write a smokin' line Because I sense you with me when I laugh and grieve and whine Because I read you, cuz I play you, cuz you call on the phone Because in your sneaky way you walked into my home You know who you are The world ain't got that far I still search for your heart where there's no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm no wind, no cold, no foul, no harm |