Loves the Answer

from The Wizard and the Weaver by Anthony Carson

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Love’s the Answer - lyrics by Alexander Bissell

If you add it all together

After ev’rything is over

As if looking for a number

Hoping that will be the answer

Add the times when you were sober

(And the times you don’t remember)

Add the times when you were master

(And the times when you surrendered)

Add the times when you felt horror

(And the times when you felt wonder)

Add the times when you were Luther

(And the times when you wore leather)

Still the list grows ever shorter

As it’s multiplied by zero

And your summer turns to winter

As your body starts to shiver

And although you’re trapped in amber

There is something to consider

To keep score here is to suffer

For you’ll never outscore nature

But if you can meet each creature

With the courage to be tender

(To yourself as well as others)

Then your answer’s not a number.

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from The Wizard and the Weaver, released March 19, 2017

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Anthony Carson Erie, Pennsylvania

Musician & Illustrator, barmaid for the milk of the ineffable.

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