New from Hagen Music: I'll Sleep When I Die

 I'll Sleep When I Die
(music & lyrics by Brent D. Scheihagen)
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There’s no time for resting

Or to sit on my hands

As I clap at the monsters

That drift in the sands

On the shores of my brain

And deep in the cave of my heart

            I must confess I’ve been telling you lies

            I guess that I’ll sleep when I die

The blacksmith is hammering

And pounding out notes

While Beethoven’s son

Sits shelling out quotes

To any who’d listen

But nobody cared from the start

      I admit I’m too busy to even care why

      Cos I know that I’ll sleep when I die

Stewart and Stephen are hot on the heels

Of people without feet

Who run black (free?) market deals

In the halls of a capital

That echo an empty refrain

      These Citizens United just lean back and sigh

      Me?  It looks like I’ll sleep when I die

Jesus came back

But it wasn’t good news

The lenders been lending

The dough-re-mi blues

In the temple of commerce

They’ve been running a scam

      Jesus is drowning but they’re warm and dry

      Telling me I’ll sleep when I die

  

The monsters are restless

And the smithy’s been fired

Fannie and Freddie

Have gone and retired

To quieter shores

No trespass allowed

         On this earth, whether land, water or sky

         I find there’s no peace till I die.

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All images are from Brent's notebooks.

The first is a drawing of the legend of "Sisyphus" - Sleep when I die?  Maybe not...

We also included links to illuminate a few of the more obvious references in this song, just on the chance that you may not be familiar with a particular reference. The references in connection to each other are sometimes a bit obscure, but connections can be made nonetheless.

"Don't work TOO hard!" - for more info, write to: brent@hagenmusic.net