Lockdown Songs

Senseless Man

When he hears, he doesn’t listen, his closed mind, hears nothing at all

And when he speak, the words that are spoken, the promises broken, mean nothing at all

He’s just a simple man with wrapped up in his own world, with nothing at all

A senseless man, trapped in his own world, with nothing at all

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When he holds you, he doesn’t feel you, for here is a man, with no feelings at all

And when sees, he observes nothing, he’s blind to the world, and sees nothing at all

He’s just a simple man with wrapped up in his own world, with nothing at all

A senseless man, trapped in his own world, with nothing at all

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They say his truth is complicated, they say his life’s a compromise

They say his truths’ always related, to his lies, to his lies, to his lies

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His smile, his smile betrays him, for the there’s no joy, in his smile at all

And when he walks, he goes round in circles, stays where he is, and goes nowhere at all

He’s just a simple man with wrapped up in his own world, with nothing at all

A senseless man, trapped in his own world, with nothing at all

“How come you can hear, but you never listen” was a throwaway line from Angela directed at yours truly. That night I watched Donald Trump on the news and thought that here is a man who hears, but doesn’t listen, looks but never sees and appears to be beyond feeling for anyone other than himself.- Paul