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From The Secret History of the Cedar Valley

Song by Side Q Concept, written jointly in three parts by Brian Stockdale, Mark Anderson, and Nathan Perry. Each part perfectly seeming to offer its own world, yet also forming a complex narrative of redemption.

Lyrics

Part One
I want to sit with you in the parlor
and smoke my cigarette
I just want to talk to you
I just want to get intimate
I know you think I'm crazy
I know that you think I'm insane
Just listen for five minutes
and expand your life expectancy.
Some people stick to me like glue
Some people are like you
Some live at midnight, others live at dawn
Sleeping here, sleeping there,
two rights make a wrong
it's all the same
they're all searching for personal fame
they're all searching for personal fame

Here you will find no slants, no angles,
Here we can live as one
My name is Frank and I'm here to tell you
all you are is a grain of sand
if you think this is pessimistic
the world will filter right through your hands
if you are wise you will find
total satisfaction and serenity
total satisfaction and serenity

Part Two
Filled the tub with water and soap
getting clean was my only hope
took a bath, and I nearly drowned
through the drain my thoughts went down

Time stopped and the world stood still
the air and the water began to swirl
colors were everywhere
colors were in my hair

I looked in the mirror and I began to scream
what was happening wasn't a dream
it wasn't a dream
it wasn't a dream
it wasn't a dream
it wasn't a dream

Part Three
Whatever happened to those days of cool springs past?
The only ones that I ever wanted to last?
The ones with cool days and frozen nights
the ones where I thought it was summer
I wish you could have been there
You're the one that I dreampt about
I just wanted to hold your hand
by the lake, our bare toes frozen
in the sand
in the sand
in the sand

I just wanted your hand to hold,
now I guess I'm too damn old
but now I have you, I have your hand to hold
I guess i'm not too old.
I'm not too old, no.
I'm not too old.

Lore

• Later covered by the Looney Tunez.