Inner Dream

He's a haggard old fellow with a prominent chin

And every time the sun comes up he's told to begin

With a complimentary card he works and abrades his callous hands

He pushes hard 'til sundown when he can hardly stand

And he learned how to do it with practice and determination

And no one can stop him 'cuz he heard an inner dream

Our species is careening towards oblivion ever faster

I have the world's problems thrust upon my back

And at that crucial moment I shall liberate the planet

My big wall will be the structure through which nothing else can pass

All the neighbors pass by and they laugh at his creation

They deface his monolithic work and defame his vocation

From his serially weak trestle, he can hear their uttering

I'm doing this for you all, he cried

Don't you understand the sanctity it brings?

He learned how to do it with practice and determination

And no one can stop him 'cuz he heard an inner dream

Our species is careening towards oblivion ever faster

I have the world's problems thrust upon my back

And at that crucial moment I shall liberate the planet

My big wall will be the structure through which nothing else should pass

When his trying task is over, it's time to end his day

He goes to sleep, the angels come and this is what they say

Build ever higher, work ever more

Don't be distracted by anything until you done your choir

Can't you see I'm tired?

It's a hundred and five feet tall

I think the time has come

To go and save them all

Our species is careening towards oblivion ever faster

I have the world's problems thrust upon my back

And at that crucial moment I shall liberate the planet

My big wall will be the structure through which nothing else will pass

And the world will turn as usual