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Forever Goodnight

from Living Inside Design by Mikel Rouse

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FOREVER GOODNIGHT

Yea, I got the invoice…
It’s not my department.
Yea, I got the invoice.

Oh God I love this. (It’s not my idea)
Oh God I love this. (It’s not my idea)

So I bought the circus, I bought the line,
I cleared the stable marking time
And walked a mile for a long tall dream
And worked the sidelines in between

(Forever Goodbye)

Like three card monte I kissed your mind
And stroked the middle over time

(Forever Goodbye)

I motioned for a calmer day
But got a lesson on the way

(Forever Goodbye)

Like, even when you broke a vow
Who’s there to notice anyhow?

Oh God I love this.
It’s not my idea to live for this.

And when you finally, you finally arrive
Cross all your fingers and dot all your i’s
And if you wonder, and wonder you might
Nothing’s forever, forever goodnight

Sure, I’ll miss the morning, relieve a cloud
See, I gotta embrace this normal shroud
that washes over incumbent days
and makes the masquerade seem great

And every day’s gonna be a clear slate
Like three card monte I kissed your fate
In a word I’m tellin’ you make believe
that you wanted this feeling as much as me

And when you finally, you finally arrive
Cross off what lingers and dry all your eyes
And if you wonder, and wonder you might
Nothing’s forever, forever goodnight

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from Living Inside Design, released February 27, 1994

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Mikel Rouse New York, New York

Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer and recording artist hailed as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” (NY Times 2002) His works include 25 records, 7 films (including Funding and Music For Minorities), and a trilogy of media operas: Failing Kansas, Dennis Cleveland and The End Of Cinematics. ... more

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