"Bikini Buddha"

Sitting on the beach
Dreaming of god’s hand reaching down
Sifting tons of sand
Looking at the seashells that he found
Knowing he must grow
Feeling that his life is circling round
Same old circumstance
Thrown between the flowers and the hounds

He knows he’s got to travel
He’s a Buddha after all
He knows he’s just a kid now
He’s like the fools who rule the world

He drinks his slow martini
He’s so outdated in his hat
He’s searching for a meaning
On mossy rocks where sages sat
He feels his destination
Enlightened doorways in the sun
He sees it in his mind’s eye
His only mission is to run

He knows he’s got to travel
He’s a Buddha after all
He knows he’s just a kid now
He’s like the fools who rule the world

He puts on his sunglasses
Reincarnation missed the door
He walks on dark molasses
Into an endless diamond hall
The world it is so silent
When he begins to speak the truth
He knows the old are lost
But he is reaching out for youth

He knows they’ve got to travel
He’s a Buddha after all
He knows they’re just a joke now
They’re like the fools who rule the world