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This is not a newly written song, but one I wrote in 2015, in reaction to the Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris. At the time I could never really finish it to my satisfaction. I think it makes a good companion piece to last week's song The Invisible Man, and I hope you'll appreciate its mixture of humor and gravity. Sharing this song this week buys me a little more time to work on the new songs in progress: Adelena, Third Ring Of Hell (Part Two) , You, Pictures in My Head, Dudes, and a couple others that don't have titles or even lyrics yet. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this one.

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Jesus and Muhammad walk into a bar
and I've already gone too far
The Prophet says, "What is this place?"
while Satan makes a kissy face
I've already gone too far
John the Baptist, shootin' pool
Says, "Boy, you getter play it cool!"
I say "Man, it's just a stupid song..."

Lemme go too far, too fast, too much, too soon
Damn it all we're all cartoons
Big-headed fools, makin' up rules
when we ain't got a clue

Buddha keeps it simple
sips his Shirley Temple
While Mother Mary starts to find her groove
"Wrecking Ball" is playing, so Shiva starts to swaying
now they're making out like some girls do
And the Furies fly around me
while the Twelve Apostles pound me
and I scream between my black and my blue:

Lemme go too far, too fast, too much, too soon
Damn it all we're all cartoons
Big-headed clods, makin' up gods
then we tell 'em what to do

And I tell mine
Please, be patient and kind
with this silly thing you made called Man
We're all doin' the best we can...

Losing my patience, on the road to salvation
'cause I've already gone too far
Enlightened ones can't wake me
and the cults won't even take me
'cause I've already gone too far
Lost, lost, I ain't lost
I'm flyin' with my fingers crossed
I'm dancin' with the tempest-tossed
We'll tumble 'til they turn it off
we're slippin' 'round the serpentine
with Underdog and Augustine
I've never seen a world above
the only god I've ever seen is
Love
Love
Love
Love
Lemme go too far, too fast, too much, too soon
damn it all we're all cartoons
damn it all we're all cartoons


Moses and Krishna
Hanging in the Mission
Looking for the best burrito in town
Mary Baker Eddy
got a big placebo ready
and prays to keep the damn thing down
And Mighty Thor just drains the keg
while Pluto works on Satan's leg
I can't hear what Confucious said
just give us all our daily bread
Love
Love
Love
Love

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from Songs​-​of​-​the​-​Week, released February 19, 2016
Ira Marlowe: All voices and instruments, except...

The "cartoon break" before last verse was clipped from a Monkey House live recording of the Medicine Ball Trio -- David Sturdevant (guitar, harmonica vocals) , John Stafford (woodwinds, vocals) and Mads Tolling (violin). They play almost every Tuesday at Caffe Trieste on Piedmont, Ave. Oakland. Go see them. They're amazing.

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Ira Marlowe Berkeley, California

Ira Marlowe's songs have appeared in indy films, been featured on NPR and Dr. Demento, and received a Parent's Choice Award. He's taught songwriting at UC Berkeley and penned the tunes for four shows by a Tony-winning theatre troupe.

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