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MAYBE (THE CHINESE FAMER) ft. Alan Watts
MAYBE (THE CHINESE FARMER) by Akira The Don, Alan Watts
Lyrics for “MAYBE (THE CHINESE FAMER)” by Akira The Don & Alan Watts, Akira The Don & Alan Watts
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Time (ft. Alan Watts)
We think of present events
As being caused
By past events
And therefore
We tend to regard ourself as
The puppets of the past
As driven along
By something
That is always behind us
Now, to overcome this impression
It's very simple
You begin again with an experiment
Approach the world through your ears
If you shut your eye
And make contact with reality
Purely with your ears
And you will realize
That the sounds you are hearing
Are all coming out of silence
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As being caused
By past events
And therefore
We tend to regard ourself as
The puppets of the past
As driven along
By something
That is always behind us
Now, to overcome this impression
It's very simple
You begin again with an experiment
Approach the world through your ears
If you shut your eye
And make contact with reality
Purely with your ears
And you will realize
That the sounds you are hearing
Are all coming out of silence
Corporate Christmas (ft. Alan Watts)
If you want to find a true folk religion in our culture
Look at the rites of Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Even before the beginning of Advent
Which was supposed to be a three-to-four-week fasting period
In preparation for the feast
(In preparation for the feast)
Streets are decorated for Christmas
The shops, littered with tinsel and festive display of gifts
And public address systems warble electronic carols
So that one is sick death of "Venite Adoremus"
Long before Christmas Day
Trees are already baubled and illumined in most homes
And as the big buildup proceeds
They're surrounded by those shiny packages
With shimmering ribbons
Which looked as if they held gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
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Look at the rites of Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Even before the beginning of Advent
Which was supposed to be a three-to-four-week fasting period
In preparation for the feast
(In preparation for the feast)
Streets are decorated for Christmas
The shops, littered with tinsel and festive display of gifts
And public address systems warble electronic carols
So that one is sick death of "Venite Adoremus"
Long before Christmas Day
Trees are already baubled and illumined in most homes
And as the big buildup proceeds
They're surrounded by those shiny packages
With shimmering ribbons
Which looked as if they held gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
THE WOLF (ft. Carl Jung & Alan Watts)
"Healing may be called," Jung says
"A religious problem
In the sphere of social or national relations
The state of suffering may be civil war
And this state is to be cured by the Christian virtue
Of forgiveness and love of one's enemies
That which we recommend
With the conviction of good Christians
Is applicable to external situations
We must also apply inwardly in the treatment of neurosis
This is why modern man has heard enough about guilt and sin
He is solely beset by his own bad conscience
And wants rather to know
[Chorus]
How he is to reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
To reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
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"A religious problem
In the sphere of social or national relations
The state of suffering may be civil war
And this state is to be cured by the Christian virtue
Of forgiveness and love of one's enemies
That which we recommend
With the conviction of good Christians
Is applicable to external situations
We must also apply inwardly in the treatment of neurosis
This is why modern man has heard enough about guilt and sin
He is solely beset by his own bad conscience
And wants rather to know
[Chorus]
How he is to reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
To reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
ANYTHING (ft. Alan Watts & Carl Jung)
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Condemnation does not liberate
It oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn
Not his friend and fellow sufferer
Fellow sufferer
I do not in the least need to say that we must never pass judgment
When we desire to help and improve
But if the doctor wishes to help a human being
He must be able to accept him as he is
And he can do this in reality
Only when he has already seen
And accepted himself as he is
As he is
Perhaps this sounds very simple
But simple things are always the most difficult
In actual life
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We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Condemnation does not liberate
It oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn
Not his friend and fellow sufferer
Fellow sufferer
I do not in the least need to say that we must never pass judgment
When we desire to help and improve
But if the doctor wishes to help a human being
He must be able to accept him as he is
And he can do this in reality
Only when he has already seen
And accepted himself as he is
As he is
Perhaps this sounds very simple
But simple things are always the most difficult
In actual life
ACCEPTED TOO (ft. Carl Jung & Alan Watts)
Jung, Jung, Jung
I want to read
A passage from one of his lectures
Which I think is
One of the greatest things he ever wrote
And which has been a very marvelous thing for me
People forget
That even doctors have moral scruples
And that certain patients' confessions
Are hard even for a doctor to swallow
Yet the patient does not feel himself accepted
[Chorus]
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
And yet, the patient does not feel himself accepted
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
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I want to read
A passage from one of his lectures
Which I think is
One of the greatest things he ever wrote
And which has been a very marvelous thing for me
People forget
That even doctors have moral scruples
And that certain patients' confessions
Are hard even for a doctor to swallow
Yet the patient does not feel himself accepted
[Chorus]
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
And yet, the patient does not feel himself accepted
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
Sad Clown (ft. Alan Watts)
Now, there are all sorts of ways in which religious people try to explain that it can be done
I referred already to the grace of God
You say no, you can't do the job yourself
Because the improving you is the one that needs to be improved
Therefore, you have to say, "God help me."
Now, of course, that God exists is your opinion
That God will answer your prayer is your opinion, and your idea of God is your idea of God
If you bought somebody else's script, you bought it
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And You
I can be the singer of clown
And you
Maybe your mother and father talked to you about God in a very impressive way
But basically, you bought their idea
And if you're a father yourself, I'm a grandfather now, I've got five grandchildren
And I know I'm as stupid as my own grandfather must have been
You know, I am one, I sit there in the position which they look at
They go, "Oh, wow-wee, there's an important man."
I know that I'm just like anyone else
So I hope my children are not believing things on my authority
Because it's always their authority
If I look impressive and make big noises at them
They've just been taken in
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: Sounds like an easy religion
And you
[Man]: Let's not be so sure
[Man]: No wonder we're suffering
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: I've chosen you
And you
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you
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I referred already to the grace of God
You say no, you can't do the job yourself
Because the improving you is the one that needs to be improved
Therefore, you have to say, "God help me."
Now, of course, that God exists is your opinion
That God will answer your prayer is your opinion, and your idea of God is your idea of God
If you bought somebody else's script, you bought it
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And You
I can be the singer of clown
And you
Maybe your mother and father talked to you about God in a very impressive way
But basically, you bought their idea
And if you're a father yourself, I'm a grandfather now, I've got five grandchildren
And I know I'm as stupid as my own grandfather must have been
You know, I am one, I sit there in the position which they look at
They go, "Oh, wow-wee, there's an important man."
I know that I'm just like anyone else
So I hope my children are not believing things on my authority
Because it's always their authority
If I look impressive and make big noises at them
They've just been taken in
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: Sounds like an easy religion
And you
[Man]: Let's not be so sure
[Man]: No wonder we're suffering
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: I've chosen you
And you
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you
The Good That I Would (ft. Alan Watts)
So you see, when you select an authority
Who will help you to improve yourself
It's like hiring the police
Out of your tax money
And putting them in charge of seeing that you obey the law
I mean, can't you take care of yourselves?
I mean, is this the land of the free and the home of the brave, or isn't it?
But you see, nobody seems to want to be in charge of themselves
'Cause they feel they can't do it
As St. Paul said
[Chorus]
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not that I do
So there at once, we are in difficulty
Because trying to improve yourself is like trying to lift yourself up into the air by tugging at your own bootstraps
And it can't be done
[Chorus]
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
[Outro]
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
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Who will help you to improve yourself
It's like hiring the police
Out of your tax money
And putting them in charge of seeing that you obey the law
I mean, can't you take care of yourselves?
I mean, is this the land of the free and the home of the brave, or isn't it?
But you see, nobody seems to want to be in charge of themselves
'Cause they feel they can't do it
As St. Paul said
[Chorus]
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not that I do
So there at once, we are in difficulty
Because trying to improve yourself is like trying to lift yourself up into the air by tugging at your own bootstraps
And it can't be done
[Chorus]
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
[Outro]
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do