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It could be about "popular philosopher" Colin Wilson, it could be about it's writer, George D. Henderson. It could even be about you...

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As It Was

Well I would have gone to Art School
If it wasn't so much hassle
I'd have strangled all the meaning
out of every last Picasso
As it was
I had to think for myself
and that's hard -
You wouldn't know

Well I could have been a poet
but I couldn't find the paper
and I should have been a sculptor -
I was too afraid to shape her
As it was
I had to sleep by myself
and that's sad -
You wouldn't know

Eftsoons, eftsoons, eftsoons said I

Well I could have been a know-it-all
but I was raised too humble
and I would have been a drunkard
but I couldn't even stumble
As it was
I had to drink by myself
and that's bad -
You wouldn't know

Well I'd look for a philosophy
to harmonise with ethics
In a time of post-modernism
Ethics was pathetic
As it was
I had to judge for myself
And that's harsh -
You wouldn't know

Well I could have been self-educated
If I'd paid attention
As it was my only teacher
Was the mother of invention
As it was
I had to run for my life
and that's fast -
You wouldn't know

Eftsoons, eftsoons, eftsoons said I
Eftsoons, eftsoons, eftsoons said I

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from The Shakespeare Monkey, track released January 1, 2009
Words & Music George D. Henderson

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The Puddle Dunedin, New Zealand

With their 1986 – 93 Flying Nun Records catalogue long
out of print, The Puddle finally re-emerged in 2006 with 4 acclaimed albums released on Fishrider Records.
The Puddle have always been the most stubbornly underground of the bands associated with the
Flying Nun imprint. Their debut Pop Lib was recently included in SPIN magazine’s list of the best Kiwi pop releases alongside The Clean.
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