Dedicated to my boomer-hippy generation.The analogy came to me while watching sandpipers work the ocean. America is the ocean, dumping its ample treasures at our scurrying little feet. We are the migratory scavengers. I picked three icons to represent the predominant attitudes of the 60's; Tim Leary [open your mind], "Faith" [question all beliefs], "Jack Horner"[reject the establishment]

BIRDS OF AMERICA ©1999 JIM HARRIS OLD TIM LEARY HAD HIMSELF A THEORY TOLD US ALL HOW GREAT IT COULD BE NO MORE FENCES STIFLING YOUR SENSES KEEPIN' OUT THE SCENERY NEW WORLD ORDER'S BREAKIN' DOWN THE BORDERS AIN'T GONNA BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE 'CAUSE EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE FREE SEE FAITH FALTER TRIPPIN' AT THE ALTAR NAKED AS THE DAY SHE WAS BORN FREE FROM CLATTER MIND IS MERELY MATTER WHERE'S IT GONNA GO WHEN WE'RE GONE? JUST LET GO NOW FALL INTO THE FLOW NOW EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY AND EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE FREE IT IS IN NATURE THAT WE TRUST RISING FROM THE DUST BLOWING IN THE WIND WINTERSPRING AND SUMMERFALL MOVING TO A COMMON CALL ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL AND SO WE GO RUNNING WITH THE RESTLESS HERDS TRYIN' TO PUT IT ALL IN WORDS DEDICATED TO THE BIRDS OF AMERICA

SEE JACK HORNER CUTTING EVERY CORNER DIDN'T WANT A PIECE OF THE PIE SAID, "SERVE NO NATION'S RULES OR REGULATIONS AND PAY AS YOU BUY" NOW HE'S WEARY MORE INCLINED TO QUERY WHAT THE PRICE OF FREEDOM SHOULD BE AND EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT WHEN YOUR FREE IT IS EXPERIENCE WE SEEK TURN THE OTHER CHEEK DEATH DEFYING KIND BROKE MY HEART IN '68 LEFT IT AT THE STARTING GATE HOPING TO RECUPERATE ALONG THE WAY RUNNING WITH THE RESTLESS HERDS TRYIN' TO PUT IT ALL IN WORDS DEDICATED TO THE BIRDS OF AMERICA DO YOUR DUTY LIVE A LIFE OF BEAUTY BUILD A WORLD THAT ECHOES YOUR DREAMS LET LOVE LIGHT IT EVERYONE'S INVITED TO BE A PART OF A TEAM RACE, CLASS, SPECIE AGE, RELIGION, HE/SHE DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TO ME 'CAUSE EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT TWILIGHT OF AQUARIUS SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT ON US LIVING FOR THE LAUGHTER BIRDS SINGING FROM THE RAFTER BIRDS NOW AND EVER AFTER BIRDS OF AMERICA

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