Dar Williams - Berkeley lyrics

[Intro] Let us begin [Verse 1] By the Bay waters Berkeley's daughters Called me to be an Aquarian child I was the crazed model For somebody's novel Bought from the bookstore where Howl was on trial [Chorus] And there we unraveled and dutifully travelled Out of our minds there We were out of our minds there Going out of our minds to find something better [Verse 2] The old world was fading The canvas was waiting Pale eucalyptus and lavendеr light We courted the mayhеm Talked with our brethren They yelled at the sun and they wandered at night [Chorus] And everything mattered, all blissed out and tattered And out of their minds Oh, they were out of their minds, oh Floating out of their minds to find something better [Verse 3] I met you there later A candlelit Seder Holy polemics we thought were long gone And Berkeley, still Pagan Still angry at Reagan Brought us to bed by the luminous dawn [Chorus] Our souls and their secrets promised to keep us Out of all time, there In a place out of time, there And whatever we'd find we'd find it together [Verse 4] Those indelible places We only see traces Dubious auras of purple and green And now it's commuters With silver computers Fed into trains bound for Moloch's machine [Verse 5] I still have my moments My signs and my omens Holding my faith there like rain in a cloud Where up from the ruins Some kind of union Has us remembering and laughing out loud By the blue water I was the daughter Heart of the world with the mind of a child [Outro] And we'd find it together