Nancy Louise Freeman: Music
Careless
(Nancy Louise Freeman)
on the album Blues for Dumuzi
music and lyrics (c)1999
The morning came without a prayer;
noon left without a trace.
Sunlight slipped across the floor
and slowly fell from grace.
Earth wind fire and water, she
has given you this day;
Have you been careless? Have you
thrown your time away?
Clock's face is a mirror, and
the numbers begin to melt
Into the smokey memory of
the cards that you've been dealt.
Earth wind fire and water, did
you leave them where they lay?
Have you been careless? Have you
thrown your time away?
There should've been an answer at the
bottom of that coffee cup;
There were no words of comfort but
you might've made something up,
Earth wind fire and water, like
the author of a play.
Have you been careless? Have you
thrown your time away?
Evening wind is bitter and the
alleys run with streams;
That isn't rain that's falling, but
a thousand orphaned dreams.
Earth wind fire and water, is
there nothing left to say
Except "I have been careless, and I've
thrown my time away."