Life is so somber, life is so tranquil

Clarence Kemp

Life is so somber, life is so tranquil

Time is predestined

A countdown to one's death

An involuntary pace is set

With each and every breath

I'd like to be where time stands still

Where each moment is a dream

Life is so somber, life is so tranquil.

Is it closer than it seem?

Man has locked himself to time

And the chain cannot be torn

Funny, we begin to die

From the moment we are born

I'd like to be where time stands still

A place where I may rest

Life is so somber, life is so tranquil

Where time is but a jest

But time deserves a little praise

For all wounds it is said to mend

And yet, like any countdown

Time too must have an end

I'd like to be where time stands still

So that we could be together

Life is so somber, life is so tranquil

Forever and ever and ever

(C) 1979 by Clarence Kemp

Untitled 2

Let's see. . .

there's one Ayatollah

2 Shahs

one hundred

corrupt Politicians

in the Senate alone

to say nothing

of the House

of Representatives

three million soap opera addicts

Details at 10

four million lobbyists

and no telling

how many

Commie Sympathizers

meanwhile Bethlehem Steel

has made a move

to merge with the

  Holy Mother Church

that is 

Six Scientologists

Statistics reveal:

You don't even exist 

In your very own

living room

while Nine Nazis

parade around 

the back of your mind

the Revolution will not only

be televised 

but is now

available on 

Long Playing Records

Eight track Tapes

Video Cassette

and Special Disco Length

just when

you thought you'd scream

along comes

weather report 
1969

what a year!

10 Thousand Bucks

and I could get out

of this daily business

eleven or twelve

billy beers

later

I awaken to more

distressing news

 and the end

is not in sight

copyrighted by Clarence Kemp