Berkeley

Let us begin
By the bay waters
Berkeley's daughters
Called me to be an Aquarian child
I was the crazed model
For somebody's novel
Bought from the bookstore where hell was on trial
And there we unraveled
And dutifully traveled

Out of our minds
There we were out of our minds
There going out of our minds
To find something better

The old world was fading
The canvas was waiting
Pale eucalyptus and lavender light
Recorded the mayhem
Talked with our brethren
They yelled at the sun
And they wandered at night
And everything mattered
All blissed out and tattered

And out of their minds
Oh, they were out of their minds
Oh, floating out of their minds
To find something better

I met you there later
A candlelit seder

Holy polemics we thought were long gone
And Berkeley still pagan
Still angry at Reagan
Brought us to bed by the luminous dawn
Our souls and our secrets
Promised to keep us
Out of all time
There in a place out of time
There and whatever we'd find

We'd find it together

Those indelible places
We only see traces
Dubiousaurus of purple and green
And now it's commuters
With silver computers
Fed into trains bound for Moloch's machine

I still have my moments
My signs and my omens
Holding my faith there like rain in a cloud
Her up from the ruins
Some kind of union
Has us remembering and laughing out loud
By the blue water
I was the daughter
Heart of the world with the mind of a child

And we'd find it together