City Fool

© 2011 J. Andy Delbridge (registered with the Library of Congress Copyright Office, January, 2011 www.ValleyBridgeLyrics.com

I journey to the woods
To escape my urban cage
I heard a call from far away
To reflect on a life gone astray

Under the stars an owl asks “Who?”
I reply “A city fool”
To try to do what is true
I follow an invisible pull
To the Blue Ridge mountain views
Happiness eludes this city fool

These electronic ways
To keep us occupied
It seems a conspiracy
Lets us think that we’re free

I have but simple goals
I don’t care about the Jones’
I prefer simplicity
Not a crazy society

Under the stars an owl asks “Who?”
I reply “A city fool”
To try to do what is true
I follow an invisible pull
To the Blue Ridge mountain views
Happiness eludes this city fool

The owl sees more than I do

Without eyes covered by wool

He can sense under the moon

An end to the life I once knew

Thoreau found his true thrill
Somewhere lies my Walden Pond
A place where time stands still
The pull to rural life is too strong

Under the stars an owl asks “Who?”
I reply “A city fool”
To try to do what is true
I follow an invisible pull
To the Blue Ridge mountain views
Happiness eludes this city fool

I breathe the fresh breath of trees
No concrete or asphalt streets
In these woods I understand
Harmony permeates this land

Happiness may yet consume
This enlightened city fool

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