Imagine a World

Lyrics

[Chorus] Imagine a world Where the columns of the temple come to life At first stiff and then flexible and flowing Striding down the street, a perfect reflection Of our inner beauty, our inner glory Reaching here, helping there Until separation from our brother Is just a puzzling memory Instead of quietly sitting in our cubicles at work Wondering how this came to be [Verse 1] So all the people that you've heard me talk about up 'til now Therе was the girl walking village to village Thеre was the man who was unclear There was the couple— The girl just wanting to learn about integrity There was a woman in the garden Or the person who leaned forward and said "How beautiful!" And then by the end you knew all these voices They were just like family, I hope. To me, anyway [Verse 2] Well, let me go on and talk to you About this fellow who worked at the corner store People called him "Moose," you can imagine— If you talked to him about spirituality He'd shrug his huge shoulders and say, "What for?" Anyway, he's everything that you would not want In a refined, romantic cavalier, I suppose But when they came over the hill that day Oh my God, he out-Thorred Thor [Chorus] Imagine a world Where the columns of the temple come to life At first stiff and then flexible and flowing Striding down the street, a perfect reflection Of our inner beauty, inner glory Reaching here, helping there Until separation from our brother Is just a, a puzzling memory Instead of quietly sitting in our own apartments Five feet from each other with our own TV [Verse 3] And then there was Pauline We all agreed that she was cold in some way, unfeeling Well, one wintry day she took me aside And she was unsympathetic to anything I had to say about my problem (In which I took pride, I guess) And for years I wouldn't talk to her Even though she tried I couldn't see that kindness could come to me in such a way And when I went to say I saw It was too late [Verse 4] And Quincy, he's a hard-assed kid Who lives under the overpass downtown When he comes at you with a squeegee Well, you kinda sorta wanna duck down But if a baby bird, a cry unheard A struggling flower, a teen unseen Should fail to take to song, to take to wing He's the first one to their side He has that healing thing [Chorus] Imagine a world Where the columns of the temple come to life At first stiff and then flexible and flowing Striding down the street, a perfect reflection Of our inner beauty, inner glory Reaching here, helping there Until separation from our brother Is just a, a puzzling memory Instead of quietly sitting at the family reunion Saying, "Oh gosh! You don't want a picture of me" Well, actually, we do [Outro] And Ramona She works the library cart in the Third Ward Oh my