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Variables of Control

from Sundial Tree by Michelle Lynn Ptacek

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lyrics

Do I ever see what you show me
Do I ever get where I’m going
Time erased me this morning
Tonight again I am forming
All the seers of sound
Say our kind is not profound
We’re in the background
Figuring you inside out

I’d push I’d pull
I didn’t know what was in control

Dawn of time or fall of man
We take whatever’s in season
Whether walls are closing in
Or a portholes opening
The door won’t swing the way it did yesterday
I told it please go away
It came back and it laughed in my face

I’d push I’d pull
I didn’t know what was the variable

Cheshire cats stole your smile
Bandits bloodied your Nile
All this all the while
Your vitals on file
As dreamers of the day
Say it hurts to be awake
It never hurts to say
Tomorrow’s another day

I’ll push I’ll pull
I’d love to know what is in control

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from Sundial Tree, released October 5, 2010

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Michelle Lynn Ptacek Decorah, Iowa

Here you will find Michelle's first five albums. She will soon record her history songs: The Inventors, The Explorers, and The Interrupted. Please sign up for the newsletter on her website for notifications.

Michelle owns an online education business and loves teaching in a variety of mediums about topics relevant to curious and passionate learners. ... more

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