Another collaboration between John Duffin aka JohnZSmith and me. Please ENJOY, our friends.~~~Clay-Brian-Wilson
What is the Shape of Your Life?
Square
Pseudosphere
Heptagramic star
Annulus
Lemniscate
Hourglass
Music by Clay Wilson and John Duffin based on 'Aqua
Eyes' by Clay Wilson. Lyrics by John Duffin.
Chorus
Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Verse One – Is Your life a Square?
Is your life a square?
A game of solitaire? A walrus or a bear?
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Or Guacamole avocado pear, pear, pear?
A crocheted quilt or worn-out easy chair, chair, chair?
Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Verse Two – Is Your life a Pseudosphere?
Is your life a little weird? Like a pseudosphere? Distorted out of fear.
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Opaque at parties, sometimes very clear, clear, clear
Dressed by day in oak-effect veneer, veneer, veneer.
Verse Three – Mine is Quite Bizarre
Mine is quite bizarre.
Like a basking shark. Smoking a cigar.
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Skewered by a heptagramic star, star, star
Jamming on an el-ec-tric guitar, guitar, guitar –
Guitar! (oh yeah)
Instrumental Guitar Solo
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Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Verse Four – Yours is an Annulus
Yours is an annulus, a duckbilled platypus
warbling like a thrush.
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In a heart-shaped topiary boxwood bush, bush, bush
Singing songs of beauty, luck, and love, love, love.
Verse Five – Ours is a Lemniscate
Is ours a lemniscate that's come to be heart-shaped
from playing Ducks and Drakes.
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Traversing oceans, mountains, land and lakes, lakes, lakes
Traveling together as soul mates, mates, mates.
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Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Tell me what is the shape of your life, life, life?
Coda – An Hourglass
The shape of your life intrigues me.
Q: What shape do I see, baby?
A: An hourglass.
(c) 2016 John Anthony Duffin & Clay Brian Wilson
All Rights Reserved