Fabian Gerard Stanley

Watch the kettle on the stove
Puffing away the steam;
The morning paper's on the table
And you're still in a dream.
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I wonder where they get it from
All this worry and care
Ask anybody if they knew,
They’d tell you here and there.
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Sometimes we don't get what we pray for
And at other times we will.
Don't ever think God doesn't love you
Just know He's in charge, be still.
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The alarm rang out loud, t'was past midday
As a certain lion in arrogant slumber lay;
By the time it woke up, it was too late
For craftier predators had grabbed its plate.
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Today I awoke and saw it was cloudy
But I know of silver linings hidden;
For, I am awake, I am alive,
And choose not to be bed ridden.
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They're from another planet not too far from ours
But an interesting one at that, just like good ol' Mars.

They're wired different, that's all - not much else is strange
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Why is it when I want to find
A space quiet, some peace of mind
Even so tiny as a louse,
Why this game of Cat and Mouse?
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Please join me as I raise a toast
To memories of which I fondly boast
From all I remember through the years
Songs, hair-dos, seasons and fears.
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