May Day! May Day! (We're Comin' To Get Cha!)

"All right, now you know:
Life is crummy.
Well, now you know.

I mean, big surprise:
People love you and tell you lies.
Bricks can fall out of clear blue skies.
Put your dimple down,
Now you know.

Okay, there you go —
Learn to live with it,
Now you know.

It's called flowers wilt,
It's called apples rot,
It's called theives get rich and saints get shot,
It's called God don't answer prayers a lot,
Okay, now you know.

Okay, now you know,
Now forget it.
Don't fall apart at the seams.
It's called letting go your illusions,
And don't confuse them with dreams.

Yes sir, quite a blow —
Don't regret it,
And don't let's go to extremes.
It's called what's your choice?
It's called count to ten.
It's called burn your bridges, start again.
You should burn them every now and then
Or you'll never grow!

Because now you grow.
That's the killer, is
Now you grow.


You're right, nothing's fair,
And it's all a plot,
And tomorrow doesn't look so hot —
Right, you better look at what you've got:
Over here, hello?
Okay, now you know,
Right?"

Stephen Sondheim, the great composer and lyricist, giving you no excuses about the trajectory of a NewAge liberal outlook on life - "Now You Know" - in his 1981 musical, Merrily We Roll Along, which was mentioned in The New York Times.

The review, written by Stephen Holden, also mixes this tasty little morsel into your artistic food for thought:

"In this emerging world, the truth of existence is rooted more in quantifiable physical reality than in ideas and emotions."

Now, I know he's just one guy, but, as an artist, I'd tend to agree - without a doubt - because it's what I've been saying all along:

Fuck what anyone "believes" or "feels" - what do they know?

That one question, alone, causes a death rattle to run through NewAge.

Yes, yes, I know this. For sure.

Now take advantage before they have time to breathe.

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P.S.

Yes, I do this on purpose. You'll figure out why, one day.