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The Game of ‘Logic’

from Seven Puzzles by Lyrian

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lyrics

The Game of ‘Logic’

Play the game of ‘Logic’ with me
Lay the game-board flat
‘All medicine is nasty’
‘No skeletons are fat’

Soon the game will teach ‘None but
The brave deserve the fair’
‘What makes no noise is noticed not’
‘Some monkeys comb their hair’

Place your red counter upon my heart
It’s occupied now by logic’s art

‘There’s no fish that cannot swim’
‘Some lobsters like to dine’
‘No Frenchman likes plum-pudding’
‘No nightingale drinks wine’

‘All owls are satisfactory’
And ‘Weasels sometimes sleep’
‘No fossil can be crossed in love’
‘Some crocodiles can weep’

You understand me, my sweetest friend?
You may have sixpence, to save or spend
This book is perfect, it tells the truth
About pure logic, about pure youth

With the words of a sorcerer I can change
Sullen lead into bright gold
Just five changes – ‘head, held, hold’
There is nothing that my logic can’t achieve

True, all cats like to dance and gaze at the moon
I can turn cat into dog
With ‘cot, cog’ or ‘hat, hot, hog’
Changing flesh is simple magic for my tongue

But to transform myself is another task, my friend
To be brave and deserve is beyond my power
This book’s too exciting for me to comprehend
So I dream, in my tower

To the logic of dreams I will often turn
Oysters sing and lizards preach
Saturn turns into a peach
They are terrible, some dreams, as children learn
As children learn . . .

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from Seven Puzzles, released September 1, 2023
Nash/Blake

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John Blake: guitars, singing
Alison Felstead: bass, singing
Paul W. Nash: keyboards, guitars, woodwinds, singing
Edgar Wilde: drums, percussion

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