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THE WAY THINGS ARE

from LIKE A WORLD by Patrick Regan Band

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THE WAY THINGS ARE

Rising up in the morning
Day that could be the last
Tangled up in the future or the past

Shake it off and the morning will be
The way things are
All the world is a wide open door

All you have to remember
All you have to forgive
All the mornings remind you where you live

Let me open the window and see
The way things are
See the world as a wide open door

Walking home from the graveyard
One spring night long ago
I felt absolutely present
Every hair to every toe
Same time, felt I was flying
Seemed some kind of cosmic joke
Right there, and ten feet behind me
Felt every muscle as I hovered there
And watched my body walk

One foot in the future
One lagging behind
All a balance in motion, every stride
Got to laugh or go crazy sometimes
The way things are
All the world is a wide open door

Half that night the aurora
Played out streaks and streams of light
Smoke blown inside a bubble
Silk scarf waved across the night
Heavens hooded like a cobra
Racing lights like mackerel shoals
Bright ring traced by the aurora
Framed a window in the dome
Formed a crown inside my skull

Some of these mornings
When I walk through the door
I can laugh about after and before
Let me open the window and see
The way things are
See the world as a wide open door

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from LIKE A WORLD, released January 14, 2023
Copyright Patrick S. Regan (BMI)

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Patrick Regan Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

A songwriter and singer, I'm handy enough to be a one-man band, but lucky enough to rope in great collaborators. Never played for a living: living to play.

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