Here's a Dylanesque excursion by the lad from Gympie that's not without its charm. FOLK INSOMNIA (Darren Hanlon) There's rumbling in the head again Inside the head there lived a brain Inside the brain there lived a dream That shot 'round like a laser beam Along nerve endings and synapses Past the room for memory lapses Brought about by alcohol That causes all the cell collapses Now, that dream's not the only one I had plenty more when I was young But I grew up in a big hurry And then one day I start to worry that I'm gonna be a goner before I read all the books I wanna If I plant a tree now it'll be fully grown Long after I'm just dust and bone and Now I can't sleep, it's already 3 am And i'm lying here dividing sheep by the square root of ten So I gave away my clothes to charity I turned off my TV for clarity But some days I still envy those Walking around wearing my clothes So i'll just plant a tree i'll never see grow Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks But i'm just don't know how long it'll take I keep hearing voices and ringing phones But i'm staring down a highway all alone With just the company of my stomach rumble But I feel okay, it makes me humble Without a load that I must carry Or a bump in the road to make me tarry Just a pile of ashes from the miles i've burned and everything i've learned What have I learned? Don't walk in front of cars or behind horses Cats don't drink milk out of flying saucers Green means go, yellow: go faster Red means stop - a financial disaster And don't ever underestimate the fitness of a determined Jehova’s Witness And don't ever take for granted what grew from every kiss you planted If a heart can break, then a heart can feel It's to know that you're alive and real Not a rattle and bounce in a little white ball Not a number on a roulette wheel And hair it turns grey and skin it turns to leather But the best thing about growing old is we all do it together So i'll just plant a tree i'll never see grow Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks But i'm just don't know how long it'll take They say that a love that's shared is a love that's carried All the way to the church where you'll be married And it's a long long way down the aisle to altar and you don't have the time to falter Love will always come and go I hope But sometimes love goes up in smoke And you're left there with the greedy ghost And just when you need them most Some of your friends have disappeared And others started acting weird And you’re left on your bed with an awful feeling Till you've learned by heart all the cracks in the ceiling And you think 'Oh god I just related to that awful love song I always hated' And the past it all becomes distorted like it was broke before you bought it Remember, you're the one who paid Pull the pin out of the hand grenade It's up to you to leave your room But don't forget to bring your spade So you can plant a tree you'll never see grow Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know Gonna make my plan forever to roam Gonna feed my nan in the nursing home Gonna make that plan when the morning breaks But I just don't know how long it’ll take Youtube clip --Stewie.
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