Bang a Drum

I’ve got this damn hernia
No surgery will fix
Sometimes my elbow hurts so bad
That I can’t sit still
When my heartburn’s burning
You know it really kicks
When my gout flares up
I can’t walk to get my pills

But everything is temporal
As substantial as a feather
Everything’s illusory
So you’ve got to be clever
Everything’s dynamic
Nothing stays the same forever

Baby
All I need
Is to bang a drum

There are debacles so devastating
The future lays in doubt
There are times you are uncertain
You will ever make it out
Catastrophes so crushing
They break you right in half
So save them for posterity
In a photograph

Baby
All you need
Is to bang a drum

So when you’re sitting in my seat
Down at old Old Towne

Remember everyone I’d meet
And everyone around
Got the very best of me
With so little to give
So keep the beat going
For as long as you live

Cuz everything is temporal
As substantial as a feather
Everything’s illusory
So you’ve got to be clever
Everything’s dynamic
Nothing stays the same forever

Baby
All you need
Is to bang a drum

And keep the beat
Rambling on