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Clarence’s Day

Posted on January 10, 2022January 30, 2023

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Clarence woke up long before sunrise

He pulled on some pants and downstairs made his way

He opened the cupboard, got his favorite cereal

Poured some in a bowl and added some milk

Just like he did almost every day

He didn’t realize that today was much different

He had no idea what was waiting for him

Today was the day not like any other

Today was the day that it all changed for him

Down to the bathroom and got out his toothbrush

Brushing his teeth like each day before

Put on a clean shirt and combed his hair

made a sandwich that he placed in his lunch box

Then he saw he was late and he rushed out the door

(Chorus)

He just made the bus and he’d go to the city

Riding along there with everyone else

All checking their phones for the news of the day

He saw the people never looked at each other

That’s when he began to think to himself

He suddenly realized that today was no different

He had an idea what was waiting for him

Today was the day just like any other

Today was the day that it all changed for him

Today was the day he could no longer take it

Today was the day that this all had to change

So he stepped off the bus at an unknown location

And began his adventure, to jump start his brain.

CHANGES

He started to walk in an unknown direction

The birds in the sky seemed to show him the way

The more that he walked, the better he felt so

He just kept on walking past the streets of the city 

It’s said he’s still out there walking today! 

The clouds in the sky 

and the grass in the fields

the sweet songs of the birds

Felt much more real

than the everyday action 

of robotic motions

a life that was programed

so no-one c ould feel

the pleasures and pains 

of life outside the system 

the blue of the sky 

and the flowers of the field

No longer imprisoned 

In a work-a-day world

get out and discover

the world that is real.

© 2019 Lance Harrison

The music came first. I was playing around with a rhythmic construct that had been in my mind. To free it, I began to build it on the computer, adding and subtracting the parts to bring it to life. When I got pretty close to what I had in mind, I let it just sit, listening to it over and over until it began to tell me it needed words. But what was the story? I gave it a title and then it just unfolded as one phrase followed another. Clarence was free at last!

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