Peace and Quiet by Kevin Fernald Lyrics

leave me your cities
retreat into your forests
escape into your trees
bring your phones and clothes
as bitter mementos
lay down in your grass
and kick your shoes into the river
recite your calls
and hug your neighbor
forget your life
to remember your “life”
uproot yourself
to return to your roots

everyone is a
new-age philosopher
with dandelion stalks
tied around their wrists
and plenty of ideas
we all have ideas
ideas will become the new currency
everyone will be a Darwin
a Dawkins, an Einstein
a Galilei, a Ginsburg
a Hawking, a Kerouac
a Lennon, a Marx, a Sen
a Smith, a Tzu
head back to your wilderness
return to your past
revel in your organics
your naturals, your remedies
your truths, your know-hows
and know-sos
there is no unknown
when you know it all
step off of your porches
and onto your prairies
step off of your soap boxes
and onto your stumps
take back what you feel you’ve lost

and leave me your cities
where I can enjoy
the peace and quiet