NoMeansNo

The Jungle

NoMeansNo


I did not sail the seas or fly on the wind 
But I found the jungle and myself within 
I found you before I found myself 
But to the natives I looked like everyone else 
Brown skin under a tropical sun in the Jungle 

And then I heard the bass and felt the wind on my face 
As it throbbed and rippled from an inland place 
I found the sand and then my feet 
And I followed the trail of repetetive beats 
Into the drakness, in under the trees of the Jungle 

The guitrar's cries were like a flickering fire 
And I saw the light before I opened my eyes 
I would only find what I was looking for 
As crawled beneath the brambles on the forest floor 
I had been here many times before 

Hear the voices cry and see the sparks fly 
As before my eyes in the stinging smoke 
A streaming beast is at the end of ist rope 
At the end of fear, at the end of hope 
Round and round, beyonf ist reach 
Teh shadows flickered on the circling trees 
The naives dance, naked and wild 
Stamping their feet, and twirling their knives 
No one knows whta I felt in my heart 
As I rose to my feet and played my part in the Jungle 

The bass is the love that I feel in my heart 
The guitar you see is my learing tree 
The drums are the sound that you heard from the start 
They the are tools of the trade, of the craft and the art 
But when will I sail across endless seas? 
And what message will fly on the wind to me? 
What will is see in the smoke and the sparks? 
When , oh when, will I play my part in the Jungle?