Parable

from Future Youth by Tom Lowen

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We sat in the churchyard with our teacups raised,
Musing on Jesus and his formative days;
Saucers in hand discussing carpentry skills:
A humble way for the Messiah to pay his bills.

We talked of pharisees, of businessmen and profits,
And of the fading hope that we'd fulfil our promise;
That was the low point of the trip, I must admit:
But soon forgotten as we each took another hit

Followed the prodigal son, I'm never coming home;
Lost all the talents you gave, now I'm condemned to roam
Directionless, no sleep nor rest, my great success 'cause at last I know
What all those stories he told were meant to show.

We lay in the shelter of a wooded glade,
Musing on sunlight and the concept of shade;
We moved to fables and our own outlandish theories:
'The tortoise took a shortcut!', and other such conspiracies.

We talked of politics and varying positions,
Changing the broken world with freshmen's suppositions;
That was the triumph of the trip, I must admit:
Things spiralled downwards as we each took another hit.

(Chorus)

As we rested, our laurels turned to thorns on our heads,
And our innocence to unchaste thoughts in our beds;
And we're growing, but Future Youth won't look at us and think:
'Yes!' No, they'll turn their thoughts to higher things and drink.

(Chorus)

But when you're left at the side of the road, spurned your inheritance,
You know you've got it wrong when you're ignored by Samaritans.

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from Future Youth, released April 24, 2020
Written and performed by Tom Lowen and Josie Austen:
(Guitar and Bass: JA
Lyrics and Production: TL)

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London-based singer, arranger, composer.

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