Fearing for My Sanity

Music: Dolly Suite: Kitty Valse
By Gabriel Faure. Sequenced by Segundo G. Yogore at Kunst der Fuge.

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Fearing for my sanity, I shed my shirt and tie, Walked out on my rectitude And waved myself goodbye. I did precisely as I pleased, Said only what was true; Cared not a whit whom I might hurt Or what debts might be due; Chose my orbit on my own And lived by my own light, Hurtling through the gravities That rule the lidless night; Unknowing in my innocence The iron laws that be, And that the more I worked my will, The less I would be free.