"So You Want to Be a Bard"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Happytown (All Right With Me)" by Dave Carter

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If a voice from Heaven asked: "Hey, kid, would you like to be a Bard?"
How would you answer back? "Yeah, sure, it couldn't be that hard!"
Start to write a song as if you knew what you were getting into,
Don't the Muse just love to trick you off your guard?

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	Here in the bardic circle, here in the endless story,
	Chasin' the dream of glory, like a falling star;
	Take the songs upon the wind and catch 'em in a jar,
	But don't say you want to be a Bard, because you already are.

Magic weaving, atmospheric, master chanters intertwine,
Geniuses whose every lyric sends a shiver down your spine.
Songs that set the stars a-burning sharpen the eternal yearning,
It's a bit like water turning into wine.

	Here in the bardic circle, here in the endless story,
	Chasin' the dream of glory, like a falling star;
	If God is real then you can learn to play guitar,
	But don't say you want to be a Bard, because you already are.

Floating on silver gimbals, waiting for the moon to ring,
Listening for secret symbols, songs unwritten I could sing
Show to me another haven, totem spirit, laser-graven,
Cat or Fish or Wolf or Raven on the wing!

	Here in the bardic circle, here in the endless story,
	Chasin' the dream of glory, like a falling star;
	When verses wound you, don't they always leave a scar?
	Just don't say you want to be a Bard, because you already are.

I'm thinking up one more name to keep the Empress on her throne.
So many play the game, but some things one must do alone.
Drifting through the witching hour, writing out this Ivory Tower,
Wishing I could claim your power for my own!

	Here in the bardic circle, here in the endless story,
	Chasin' the dream of glory, like a falling star;
	The distant music isn't really all that far,	
	So don't say you want to be a Bard, because you already are.