You Know What You Could Be lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Incredible String Band
Album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

Lyrics

Read your book and lose yourself
In another's thoughts
He might tell you 'bout what is
Or even 'bout what is not

And if he's kind and gentle too
And he loves the world a lot
His twilight words may melt the slush
Of what you have been taught

You know what you could be
Tell me my friend
Why you worry all the time
What you should been

Listen to the song of life
Its rainbow's end won't hold you
Its crimson shapes and purple sounds
Softly will enfold you

It gurgles through the timeless glade
In quartertones of lightning
No policy is up for sale
In case the truth be frightening

You know what you could be
Tell me my friend

Why you worry all the time
What you should be