The Future 

©1991 Andrew Calhoun, unrecorded 

I know what's coming, babe 
I know what's coming 
In spite of all our guessing 
In spite of all our wondering 
I know what's coming, babe 

The future's not a promise 
The future's not a bomb 
The future's in the old clay 
Flowerpot in the barn 

A herald ran from Rome 
And he never came home 
Thought he was a free man 
Fell into the master plan 
I know what's coming, babe 

Many million gone 
Wonder where they went 
Left to cry in a dusty place 
Lost in the experiment 

Close your eyes, my darling 
Close your eyes and hold my hand 
We were resting on an airplane 
We were flying over Greenland 

All choice and no choice 
Free souls and slaves 
Morning sends the airplane's shadow 
Slipping through the waves 
Slipping through the waves