Hope is like a lighthouse keeper's beam
Hope the master cobbler of our dreams
For Hope believes in desert streams
The mightiest of stars
The microcosm in a jar


sub rosa_subway

Back in 1870 just beneath the Great White Way
Alfred Beach worked secretly
Risking all to ride a dream
His wind-machine
His wind-machine

New York City an

the_politzanian_national_anthem

Politzania, brave strong and true
Politzania, we all love you
We'll smite our foes for we are right
And God is on our side

Politzania, red, white and green

paranoia

Oooh lately when I'm talking I've been talking to myself
My friends say they don't notice but they do 'cause I can tell
I wake up mad every morning and I go to bed mad at night

older

Older
It seems like each day you get older
And each day the world becomes colder
In a cynical way
Time
Do you feel like you've missed your time?
I feel l

everybody_took_a_holiday

It happened back in ancient times
When people worked overtime overtime
In fact I think in 1985
Life was busy in the big city
And the union was sitting pretty
It

cherie

You're the answer to my question
You're the theme of my every whim
You're the highlight of my invention
Tell me whether I sink or swim
Cherie be my cherie
Marry

blue_smoke

When that blue smoke gets in your eyes
You'll choke, choke 'til you cry
Oh you'll die
Hey where you gonna hide
Well you can talk about the fog in London
But lis

perpetual_motion_machine

Send your dollars or your moms and fathers
For there's something you should own
You can have one today just send right away
We deliver right to your home
You can't get

mister_manson

He looks at the girls with his evil eye
Makes them wish they was someplace else
He'll twist their thoughts with his pretty words
Make them extensions of himself
He's t

howl_at_the_moon

She was a sleek and slender enchantress 'd met at the Casbah
When her green eyes first met mine I was overwhelmed with awe
Well we danced all night to the tango and she lured me wit

at_the_end_of_the_rainbow

One day when life is taking you nowhere
And you need someone who really cares
When the love that you lost is found
And you will want me around
I'll meet you at the end

i_can’t_help_it


long_live_politzania

As facts are few and far between hypothesis denies all logic as to what precisely, er, led to her demise. For what appears sheer grandiosity, no legacy remains except her crumbling ruins on which

knee_deep_in_love

Hello sweet Joan so glad you're home
Just called to say goodbye
I'm leaving town I'm bent and bound
Don't try to change my mind
You ask me why I'm leaving
But w