From Ritual To Romance

Happy Anniversary to J&A, celebrating ten years of lion-free streets.



We sensed a scare, but there's no scare there
Look out and, good, there are no lions in the street
We sensed a change, but the change came strange
All things get painted the right colors when we meet
Short and sweet

Will it be all that many-splendored?
Will there be return for the sender?
Will it even love us tender?
The things we've done we've only done for a little while

To be a cowboy learn how not to be an astronaut
To be a doctor learn how not to be the president
To be the center of the universe, don't orbit things

We're super fly, so the ceiling's high
Good ventilation when smoke's coming off of me
We're super clean so there's gloss and sheen
Will it remain so when cleaning is drudgery
Grudgery

Will it be what's not alteration?
Will it save the grace of a nation?
Will it come through in translation?
The things we've done we've only done for a little while

The Loud Family - Good, There Are No Lions In The Street
(recorded, in the presence of the bride, the groom, and everyone, at the Bottom of The Hill in the city of San Francisco, state of California, on the 8th day of August 1998, and released later on the greatest live album of the 21st century)