The Other End (of The Telescope)

Shall we agree that just this once

I`m gonna change my life

Until it`s just as tiny or important as you like?

And in time we won`t even recall that we spoke

Words that turned out to be as big as smoke

As smoke that disappears in the air

There`s always something that`s smoldering somewhere

I know it don`t make a difference to you

But oh! It sure made a difference to me

You`ll see me off in the distance, I hope

At the other end

At the other end of the telescope.

The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice

Approached immortal danger but you`ll never know how close

Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir

They interrupted my evil designs

One day you are up in the clouds

The next thing you`re down with the Sweet Adelines

(Chorus)

Lie down baby now don`t say a word

There there baby your vision is blurred

Your head is so sore from all of that thinking

I don`t want to hurt you now

But I think you`re shrinking

You`re half-naked ambition and you`re half out of your wits

Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits

And it`s so hard to pick the receiver up when I call

I never noticed you could be so small

The answer was under your nose but the question never arose

I know it don`t make a difference to you

But oh! It sure made a difference to me

`Cause late in the evening as I sit here moping

With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin

And the cast-iron heart that you failed to tear open

At the other end

At the other end of the telescope

• The Other End Of The Telescope (Performed By Sleeper) (1996)