From the musical GETTING EVERYTHING
I wrote this little song a long time ago, but as I have aged it seems more relevant than
ever. Or perhaps I’m just nostalgic for a simpler set of choices. In any case I would find it a
suitable envoi. –J. Linn Allen
SEEKING EXPERIENCE
SEX AND OTHER STIMULANTS
ECSTASY AND HIGH ROMANCE
ARE ONLY WAYS OF KILLING TIME
LIFE IS ESSENTIALLY
MADE UP OF NO MORE THAN THREE
THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN DOING
MORE OR LESS UNCHANGINGLY THROUGHOUT TIME
WORKING, MARRYING, HAVING CHILDREN
THAT IS ALL THERE HAS TO BE
ALL THE REST IS WINDOW-DRESSING
SECOND GUESSING REALITY
I WAS SO DEVIOUS
IT WAS ALL SO OBVIOUS
EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED
WAS RIGHT HERE AT HAND
ALL THE TIME.