Lotus Man - David Ackles

In the sand listening to the water song

While the silent sand dissolves us

Take my hand silent too we’ll drift along

Til the lotus man absolves us

And we’ll whittle down the hours

Throw away the days

We’ll ring our world with flowers

While the other world decays

In the night listening to the city sound

Of the people who ignore us

We’ll take flight with the stars, ether bound

Only galaxies to bore us

And we’ll whittle down the hours

Throw away the days

We’ll ring our world with flowers

While the other world decays

In the dawn listening to the distant drums

And the distant cannon firing

We’ll be gone long before the battle comes

Just the thought of war is tiring

And we’ll whittle down the hours

Throw away the days

We’ll ring our world with flowers

While the other world decays