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The Shows

The World puts on many different shows: TV, movies, political theatre, sports events, national parks of all sorts - all products of human effort. It also offers sunsets, blue waters, deep forests and galaxies billions of light years away. Which get you attention? Which drive your boat?

The Shows
E x 4                 A                      A
On a creaky, little, wooden stage 
Dsus2   A          A                      A
With shaky lights and paper scenes
D          E          A                      A          D          Bm
A Jester recites written lines
C#m            E     F#                    B
And he hopes we will know exactly what it means

On the ever-present daily news
With bright lights, seductive screens
The King proclaims his royal lines
And we hope we didn’t understand what it means

C#m               G#
The shows go on and on and on
A                      B
You will see them if you look
C#m                  E
Jesters and Kings run their plays
F#                    B7
Reading from their Devil’s precious, gilded book 

Instrumental verse 

From the sky and from the sea
Comes sunlight and the pulse of time
Earth offers a simple truth 
The power of the King is small and benign. 

From the stars and far beyond
Comes ancient light and endless time     
That offers boundless beauty like you 
and the King’s pointless games are all left far behind

The shows go on and on and on
You will see them if you look
Nature stomps and tramples Kings
Having never ever read a book

Which show grips your mind?
Does fear push you from behind?

Or, do you see Nature’s glory?
Which show guides your story?