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A Cheerful Song

from This Way To The Egress by Thaddeus Spae

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The sands of time fall into the ocean
the leaves and the rain and the shadows fall
felled by the hand of cruel dame fortune
death makes mock of us all

The churl in the field and the lord in his manor
the private at arms and the knight with his banner
the babe in the woods and the king in his grandeur
death makes mock of us all
the maid at her mirror inspecting her beauty
the mother whose child is loved so acutely
the crone in her wisdom freed from all duty
death makes mock of us all

The hawk hunting high and the mousie that cowers
the snake in the grass and the oak tree that towers
the deep seeking whale in the sea's hidden bowers
death makes mock of us all
the sun and the moon and the bright constellations
the earth and the sky and all manifestations
the thoughts and the words and the signs and notations
death makes mock of us all

The children may cry but their cries go unheeded
the lovers they laugh but their laugh is defeated
the old run to hide but their fate is repeated
death makes mock of us all
and you in your pride in your arts and your letters
praising your talents and cursing your fetters
walk gently among all your lessors and betters
death makes mock of us all

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from This Way To The Egress, released October 15, 2006

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Thaddeus Spae Seattle, Washington

A 40-year veteran of the Folk Wars, Thaddeus Spae has played venues from Tipitina's to the EMP. He's an award-winning songwriter whose works range from quirky to literate, guardedly sentimental to outraged and sarcastic, performed on a panoply of instruments acoustic and electric, in a profligate variety of styles encompassing folk, hard rock, jazz, blues, electronic and more. Website: tspae.com. ... more

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