Truth (1975)

Walking down a lonely street

With snow that melts away

The splashing of the slushy feet

That warms a Christmas day

But night does fall

And temperatures rise

Strangers chant a silent call

The roads are suddenly dry

The trees are dead

And lawns are brown

Silent children in a bed

In this quiet little town

Have you seen the strangers new

Whom like blaspheming all our rules

Our morals and ethics shattered through

As if windows with speculating fools

Mirrors not windows reflect us all

Do we see the truth that is revealed

The filth and lust of days hath fall

The wantonness that we ourselves feel

It's here my friend, my foe, my fool

They have brought it everywhere

It's in our church and in our school

The bodies of the rare

But we enjoy what one does see

And contemplate it thus

That when our children drink the tea

They sleep with secret lust

And when our children succumb to it

As friendly faces lead them

To rooms where lights are lit

And floors of softened gem

And nonresistance is helplessly given

Those poor impure souls are laid

Upon the floors of gem they're living

And so forever a price is paid

Teachers they'll call you

And for your rights stand by

But turn around and what to do

As payment raise them to the sky

See the evil and now it's too late

You are lost my friend and left to die

For it is useless to stand and wait

They bid you an ungrateful goodbye

But memories won't let you go

And certain pleasure holds you there

Something strange and evil to know

Remain forever in the domain of one pair

And remember to let that one pair

Control your spirit and mind

Give them the chance and if they dare

Surely the truth you will find