Look at the candle, as it's life is bought,
as the wick just rolls of and dies;
look at the wax-drops as they cease from their goal
and the game they were playing loses its joy
and the youth which they played in runs away....
How long will you be gone?
Flames sucks at air now and its breath comes short
as it wavers to half its size;
vacuum closes in and it attacks the soul.
Now the force omnipotent itself is destroyed
and for lack of itself it wanes away....
How long will you be gone?
So does my mind fly as I fight my thought -
and I lose, for I cannot find:
sent my eyes long miles, they do not know home!
For the life I was part of breathes its last
and not only life, but hope has gone away....
How long will you be gone?
How long will you be gone?hey little sister
let's get together and cry
they teach us how to wig em
but they won't tell us why
lay out naked in sunny LA
the first ones to sizzle on the judgement day
i said hey little sister
let's get together and cry
the world says i need some help
i'm floating on a big white cloud
i guess you'd say i'm not myself
sSomebody called it 'all shook out
sinner, sins, asylum, i'm gonna show you the light
well i am tomorrow, you better get that right
we'll all be together when we dig that hole
you ain't seen nothing like my eager soul
i said children of the atom, i'm gonna set you right
the world says i need some help
i'm floating on a big white cloud
i guess you'd say i'm not myself
somebody called it 'all shook out
hey little sister
let's get together and cry
a little slap and tickle
we'll find the reasons why
i'm writing history with the back of my hand
just like your daddy did in vietnam
i said children of the atom let's get together and die
the future whispered in my ear
said go ahead and have some fun
cause suckers giving up their souls
it's gravy for the gods and punks
the world says i need some help
i'm floating on a big white cloud
i guess you'd say i'm not myself
somebody called it 'all shook out