Severe Austerities

Appeared on Slim Possibilities

 

(David Munyon/S.P. Standley)

 

I was reading this book „The Bagavad Gita“ that some Devotees at the airport gave me. It said „To know The Lord, you must suffer severe austerities. I don't really know what that means. I know The Lord has been very, very good to me.

 

We have listened for the voices

that still makes so many ears

some have walked along the railroad tracks

sometimes for years and years

in the hearts of busted seekers

there's a flame that still grows old

chopping wood will save that flame

and turn a cold heart back to gold

 

we are rounding out the corners

and applying for our maps

we are ringing our bells louder

and becoming blue ourselves

we've been waiting for the wind, here

with haste to fill our sails

with a slight lean and a soul at peace

 

Severe Austerities

 

Take another stand for freedom

cause it sings good in a song

what we all take so for granted

men have died and men are gone

while they're missing there in action

hope they hear this melody

their firststep into battle

was enough to prove to me

 

we are rounding out the corners

and applying for our maps

we are ringing our bells louder

and becoming blue ourselves

we've been waiting for the wind, here

with haste to fill our sails

with a slight lean and a soul at peace

 

Severe Austerities

 

Take your shoes off if you want to

issue out the big stress tabs

we are doing just this day

we'll be baleing just this hay

while the evening sun is melting

with our spit-shined hearts in tune

we will sing of our redeemer

and let go of our ballons

we are rounding out the corners

and applying for our maps

we are ringing our bells louder

and becoming blue ourselves

we've been waiting for the wind, here

with haste to fill our sails

with a slight lean and a soul at peace

 

Severe Austerities

 

David Munyon: vocal, guitar

Chris Jones: guitars

Frank Fiedler: acoustic bass

John Hickman: banjo

Beo Brockhausen: jew's-harp