Outside of the Inside

Go Buy this CD: Richard Thompson THE OLD KIT BAG

For Osama and his buddies Pat and Jerry

And whats the point of Albert Einstein
What do we need Physics for?
Heresys his inspiration
Corrupt and rotten to the core
Curse his devious mathematics
Curse his deadly atom war

Shakespeare, Isaac Newton
Small ideas for little boys
Adding to the senseless chatter
Adding to the background noise
Hard to hear my oratory
Hard to hear my inner voice

Van gogh, Botticelli
Scraping paint onto a board
Colour is the fuel of madness
Thats no way to praise the Lord
Greys the colour of the pious
Knelt upon the misericord

Im familiar with the cover
I dont need to read the book
I police the world of action
Insides where I never look
Got no time to help the worthless
Lotus-eaters, Mandarins, crooks

Theres a message on the wind
Calling me to glory somewhere
There are signs too deep for the dumb
Like perfume in the air
And when I get to Heaven
I wont realise Im there