Photographs
of Grace
words and music © 1991 by
Howard Kranz
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1. We were the gentlest renegades; we sang in
the silentest corners;
we noted the breakdown of
systems and delighted in small, unrepeatable
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accidents of
understanding, accidents of understanding,
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accidents of
understanding, photographs of grace.
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photographs of
grace.
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2. It
was writ in indelible cadence in the subclause
beneath the invective,
where the fiery minions of
goodwill deliberate loud and offhandedly
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accidents of
understanding, accidents of understanding,
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accidents of
understanding, photographs of grace.
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photographs of
grace.
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So I took my fishline and
my old fart’s hat,
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And, pretending that the alley was the sky,
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set off for parts unknown, set off for parts unknown.
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3. Yeah,
we were the silliest theorists; we pin-danced with legions of angels,
while remembering that the
important thing is delighting in small unrepeatable
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accidents of
understanding, accidents of understanding,
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accidents of
understanding, photographs of grace.
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photographs of
grace.