Mike

MIKE

STAND UP AND LEAVE
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS TO THE FAR EAST DOOR
THEN WALK ALONG
THE WALL WHERE FORTUNE MAY BE FOUND BY THE
ONES WHO PAINT WITH BLUE
MIKE WAS ONE OF THEM THAT SORROW
FOUND AND TURNED AROUND
SOPHISTICATED, UNDERRATED

BY THE FELLOW MEN
WHO NEVER LEFT, AMBITIOUS PLANS TO
PICK ON EVERYONE
WHO HAD A DREAM, A SCHEME TO
LEAVE THIS TOWN
MIKE WAS BRIGHT
HE LISTENED CAREFULLY WHILE RIVERS
FLOWED BY HIS SIDE
GAVE HIM THE CHANCE TO JUMP INSIDE

LOOK AT ALL THE PEACEFUL FISH
SOME OF THEM WILL SWIM UP STREAM
MIKE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THEM
(IF YOU WERE A FISH YOU NEVER WOULD CRY.
ALL OF YOUR PAIN WOULD BE CAUGHT UP INSIDE.)
SHINING SHELLS OF RED AND PINK
(SURROUNDED BY WATER JUST MIGHT BE THE KEY.
ALL OFF YOUR TEARS WOULD BLEND IN WITH THE SEA.)

HE LOOKED AROUND
MAKING SURE THAT HE WAS ALL ALONE
THEN TOOK A DIVE
INTO THE RIVER WITH THE VIBRANT LIFE
SUPRISED TO SEE
THE SIMILARITIES OF FISH AND MEN
GOOD COMPANY
BODY ADAPTING TO THE DEEP BLUE

LOOK AT ALL THE PEACEFUL FISH
SOME OF THEM WILL SWIM UP STREAM
MIKE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THEM
(IF YOU WHERE A FISH YOU NEVER WOULD CRY.
ALL OF YOUR PAIN WOULD BE CAUGHT UP INSIDE.)
SHINING SHELLS OF RED AND PINK
(SURROUNDED BY WATER JUST MIGHT BE THE KEY.
ALL OF YOUR TEARS WOULD BLEND IN WITH THE SEA.)

SO NOW HE:
LIVES WITH THEM ALL DAY LONG
BELIEVING THAT THEY WILL
BE HIS FRIENDS WHEN TIMES ARE HARD
CONSULTING WITH WILD FISH

SHE WAS RIGHT
HE COULDN'T JUST ESCAPE HIS LIFE
REALITY CAME FAST
UNDERSTANDING THAT HE MUST SEE THE
PAST TO BE HIS STRENGTH
HERE HE COULD FIND ALL OF THE ANSWERS
SAD TO LEAVE HIS FRIENDS
MIKE WAS HEARTBROKEN