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The Folly

from Sand Painting by Max Heinegg

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The Folly

Wave down to me from your parade of height
No effigy just a folly built for light
A shimmering mirror, a laugh to sting the dark
A kiss to the shattering hours, that we are

The folly isn’t worth a tear
Living your life just waiting, waiting where

Sing it to me in a garden of razed stone
The science of progress, the art of capital
The folly is built for your eyes and nothing more
A kiss of volition, a world that won’t endure

The folly isn’t worth a tear
Living your life just waiting, waiting where
Everything busy building building here
A folly to lift your spirits dear….

The folly of life will sting your tears
Will stifle your laughter, tether you to fear
Build you a folly of notes and words and know
It’s built without purpose, for beauty all its own

The folly isn’t worth a tear
Living your life just waiting, waiting where
Everything busy building building here
A folly to lift your spirits dear….

Build it up - though they’ll tear it down
Build it up - though they’ll tear it down

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from Sand Painting, released January 1, 2015
Max Heinegg: guitar, voice, ebow
Alejandro Necochea: guitar
Mike Quinn: bass
Robert Gaggin: drums

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Max Heinegg Boston, Massachusetts

Max Heinegg. Singer-guitarist and songwriter, poet and adapter of classic poems, rock and roll vocalist... all about lyrics, vocals, and guitars.
Songs here are from Through Traveler (2021), Sand Painting (2015) Ruby Saloon (2010) These Familiar Days (2007) and By June (2004).

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