30 September 2008

the just gentleman

there's no one here to pay the price of shame
so we must meet to argue the full toss
as if the whole adventure were a game

you'd think to come out here to some acclaim
expect to end the day as chief or boss
there's no one here to pay the price of shame

it seems to me the story's rather tame
we were sent out to bear a paltry cross
as if the whole adventure were a game

you are the victim of some sort of fame
who watched as gold turned into vulgar dross
there's no one here to pay the price of shame

in time we will find ways to spread the blame
and then apply a soothing sort of gloss
as if the whole adventure were a game

our final task is to put out the flame
and make quite sure that you absorb the loss
there's no one here to pay the price of shame
as if the whole adventure were a game

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