Firmer Ground from No Illusions by Daniel Truckey

Who can believe
all that's been achieved
since the last big go around.
From planes and cars
to a rover on Mars,
all faster than the speed of sound.
When will it all stop?
Some times I wanna hop
right off to firmer ground, firmer ground.

I can't keep pace with the cyberspace
or the new gadget du jour.
I wanna get back to the guitar slack
it's the only thing I know for sure,
is gonna sooth my soul
when the ozone hole
splits open and this is no cure.
Tell me there's a cure.

(Chorus)
Well, we've handed it down
in every city and town
since our eyes first saw the dawn.
And we'll carry that tune
to the stars and the moon
but we've gotta pass it on.

Just a bedrock beat
kicks you in your seat
makes you wanna move every bone.
Don't even think
that you're on the brink
of finding the philosopher stone.
Your just one more bard
with a beat up guitar.
Where it comes from
you don't know,
you've never known.

And all the dreams in the eyes
of the younger guys
will all fade like their oldest jeans.
And the young girl cries
will someday die
when there's greater things they've seen.
From the Tupelo Flash to the techno bash
it's the way it's always been, will always be.

(Chorus)

In shaky times,
there's nothing like rhyme
to give you some permanence.
For there's children on fire
in another quagmire
in the name of our defense.
When the madness grows
we turn to prose,
it's the only thing that makes sense.
Is there any sense?

• Folk
• Marquette
• Upper Peninsula
• folk rock
• singer-songwriter
• Marquette