THE WORLD IS FLAT AND
SITTING ON A TURTLE.
THEN WHAT IS UNDER THE
TURTLE?
IT’S TURTLES ALL THE WAY
DOWN
When I was in Vietnam
the story went around that there was such a virulent strain of VD carried by
some of the whores in Hundred-P Alley in Siagon, that if you contracted it the
military would ship you off to Turtle Island to die and notify your next of kin
you had died in action. When the shit really hit the fan and things
got bad and stressful the obvious reply was: ‘It won’t be like this on Turtle
Island.’
I've seen Jesus play
with flames in a lake of fire that I was standing in
Met the devil in Seattle and spent 9 months inside the lions den
Met Buddha yet another time and he showed me a glowing light within
But I swear that God is there every time I glare in the eyes of my best friend
Says my son it's all been done and someday yer gonna wake up old and gray
So go and try to have some fun showing warmth to everyone
You meet and greet and cheat along the way
Met the devil in Seattle and spent 9 months inside the lions den
Met Buddha yet another time and he showed me a glowing light within
But I swear that God is there every time I glare in the eyes of my best friend
Says my son it's all been done and someday yer gonna wake up old and gray
So go and try to have some fun showing warmth to everyone
You meet and greet and cheat along the way
There's a gateway in our
mind that leads somewhere out there beyond this plane
Where reptile aliens made of light cut you open and pull out all your pain
Tell me how you make illegal something that we all make in our brain
Some say you might go crazy but then again it might make you go sane
Where reptile aliens made of light cut you open and pull out all your pain
Tell me how you make illegal something that we all make in our brain
Some say you might go crazy but then again it might make you go sane
Every time I take a look
inside inside that old and fabled book
I'm blinded and reminded of the pain caused by some old man in the sky
Marijuana, LSD, psilocybin, and DMT they all changed the way I see
But love's the only thing that ever saved my life
I'm blinded and reminded of the pain caused by some old man in the sky
Marijuana, LSD, psilocybin, and DMT they all changed the way I see
But love's the only thing that ever saved my life
So don't waste your mind
on nursery rhymes
Or fairy tales of blood and wine
It's turtles all the way down the line
So to each their own til' we go home
To other realms our souls must roam
To and through the myth that we all call space and time
Or fairy tales of blood and wine
It's turtles all the way down the line
So to each their own til' we go home
To other realms our souls must roam
To and through the myth that we all call space and time
Songwriters
Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down
take care
the Ol'Buzzard
LEO needs to see this.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a prophet or a stone-age man
ReplyDeleteJust a mortal with the potential of a superman
I'm living on
I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
Quicksand - written by another genius.
Killer clap. When I was a WAC, that was one of the horror stories we were told. Don't get friendly with anyone who's just back from 'Nam; they could have picked up the world's nastiest strain of gonorrhea and if you get it, they'll have to cut out your lady parts to save your life. Scoop you out just like a melon. I don't recall the scare stories having much of an effect on anyone's behavior.
ReplyDeleteThe story of Turtle Island was probably put out by the Air Force to keep their young airmen on the base - of course it never worked for sailors.
ReplyDeletethe Ol'Buzzard
In the Air Force I heard it was Johnson Island.
ReplyDelete"Turtle Island" is the traditional aboriginal name for North America. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
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