Trumpeteer

Lyrics by Howard Anshell

I woke up and I looked around ;

I listened—

I could not hear a sound,

So I put on my fancy shades and stepped up to tea.

I walked around for many long years,

Till I met a man

With elephant’s ears,

Who said he could hear things

I couldn’t see.

He told me

Of the tyrant’s arms—

Oily fingers bringing harm.

"I know these things!" he cried ,

"There ain’t no place that you can hide

To stop what’s going on outside

In the dynasty’s eyes!"

But you don’t need

Fancy shades

To see the

Harbinger of Hades—

You can do it with your eyes closed!

And you don’t need

Elephant’s ears

To hear the screaming and the tears—

‘Cause you can feel it down in your whole!

Oh. Lord

Make me a mirror –

Let the reflection shine on you…

Please, Lord, tell me what I can do…

I’m going

Across the border—

What I wanted at last!

I’m going to

Put my life in order

In the past .

A face familiar—

The look was in your eye…

My, how time can fly…

Last time around

Lyrics by Howard Anshell

The last time around

You were a French lady fair;

Wore fine silk dresses,

Flowers in your hair.

And I pulled the strings—

Put us both in the Court of the King!

You were blue and I was mean—

Both lost our heads, it seems!

A very long while

You were the Queen of the Nile;

I sat, your puppet slave,

In awe of your smile.

And you pulled the strings—

You were my everything !

But it takes so long to see :

There is just the two of us,

You and me!

You set the stage and I write the scene;

Put you in check

And you capture my queen!

You roll the dice and

I win or lose;

I fill around

Whatever you choose.

A foggy day,

A castle by the sea—

A family squire—

You directed me!

A long time ago,

By a fire in a cave,

I was the oracle;

I turned to you and said,

"None can come,

When all is done,

None can come, if none can stay!"