Life Is A Whirly Top

 

Life is a Whirly Top

By Steppenwolf

 

Life’s so awful and she had lead such a sad life

Life is a whirly top falling on its side

Side by side they stood under the canopy

Canopy is protection from all life dishes out.

Out or in, say the rabbis, the canopy has to be there

There amid all the family and friends

Friends wish them well, then go their separate ways

Ways to be happy, ways to be sad.

Sad among the gadgets, the cars, and the kids.

Kids bring nachus so lift up your heads

Heads, yiddische kups, that’s what you get

Get when you remind yourself every day

Day, this day, is all we have

Have to fool around, waste time, and not think too much

Much, too much thinking, that, I think, was it

It’s so awful that she had to lead such a sad life.

 

Note: nachus is Yiddish for the pride you get from your kids.

           Yiddische kup is Yiddish for “Jewish head” or thinking like a Jewish person.

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

this day is all we have, we may not have tomorrow...so don't do too much thinking about future...just live now.