People say all sorts of things.
Like ... "You don't have to worry about a thing."
Oh, start worrying, my kooks! Start worrying! Seriously.
"You will be all right."
Ha, ha, ha!
Really?
Listen! I put my trust in the cosmos, man. Now, we all know that the cosmos can't send the marines in, BUT(!) ...
One day ... believe me ... you will fall ... like a soft feather ... and if the cosmos loves you ... it will catch you.
You can't hope for much more than that.
'Dreams, Mikey! Visions, Mikey! Tunes, Mikey! Words, Mikey! Uh ... mathematical formulas, if you need them.'
Oh, hello, Voice.
'Who was that other voice, speaking just then?'
Ha, ha, ha! That was me, pretending, silly. Being one of the people.
'Oh, I get you. Nice one!'
Yeah, yeah ... yeah.
Dreams, visions, tunes, words. All great stuff! But no marines.
'Spiritual strength!'
Oh, yes, spiritual strength, too. You can get that.
I seem to remember ... in that Caesar book by Christian Meier ... something about Caesar riding the storm and taking pleasure in it ... because he had such strength of soul ... yes, something like that.
Well, that ain't easy.
'You can do it, Mikey!'
Well, it remains to be seen, Voice. Maybe I can, and maybe I can't.
Uh.
Bloody hell!
I know I can't get a version of Shady, Dodgy, Shifty that I like.
[No finance today. Come back tomorrow.]
I will have to go into the mouldy room again.
'Good luck!'
Ha!
I will have to stay there for hours.
'Christ!'
Hours, man! Hours!
'Let's hope you make it out of there.'
Listen to me. I will come out with a good recording of my song, or I won't come out.
'We go home in Persian ships, or we die!'
Exactly!
That's how I'm thinking now ...
That's how I've got to think ...
I've been forced into thinking this way ...
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
Oh ...
He wasn't such a bad lad, was he? Alexander.
Very motivational, in a rather demonic way. But that's what it takes, I suppose. I don't know. Let's see what happens.
Anyway ...
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
'Ha, ha, ha! More, Mikey!'
More?! Okay.
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
We go home in Persian ships, or we die
'I love it!'
Yes, yes.
Maybe that's what I'll call my album.
We Go Home In Persian Ships ... by Michael Fowke.
What do you think, kooks?
No, probably not. Never mind.
Laters!
'Bye!'
