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It takes a while for it to sink in.

Sometime it takes years - a lifetime.

After you've been around a while, you understand how the world really works.

After decades of accumulating experiences, you now get to watch the stupid going on around you, and there is nothing you can do except hope the stupids don't drag you down the drain with them.

When you hear the genius of the day regurgitating what they saw on TV last night as gospel, it irritates you.

You can't tell them they are stupid because 'stupid' is not PC, and they don't understand what the word 'stupid' means, regardless.

It's frustrating.

When you understand all too well the average IQ of your nation is below that of a kindergärtner, you become disgusted as a daily habit.

Grumpy old grouch. Yep.

Lion

John Prine "Common Sense"

You can't live together
You can't live alone
Considering the weather
Oh my, how you've grown
From the men in the factories
To the wild kangaroo
Like those birds of a feather
They're gathering together
And feeling
Exactly like you

They got mesmerized
By lullabies
And limbo danced
In pairs
Please lock that door
It don't make much sense
That common sense
Don't make no sense
No more

Just between you and me
It's like pulling
When you ought to be shovin,
Like a nun
With her head in the oven
Please don't tell me
That this really wasn't nothing

One of these days
One of these nights
You'll take off your hat
And they'll read you
Your rights
You'll wanna get high
Every time you feel low
Hey, Queen Isabella
Stay away from that fella
He'll just get you
Into trouble, you know?

But they came here by boat
And they came here by plane
They blistered their hands
And they burned out their brains
All dreaming a dream
That'll never come true
Hey, don't give me no trouble
Or I'll call up my double
We'll play piggy-in-the-middle
With you

You'll get mesmerized
By alibis
And limbo dance in pairs
Please lock that door
It don't make much sense
That common sense
Don't make no sense
No more

John Prine - Hello In There

https://youtu.be/RfwGkplB_sY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwGkplB_sY

Uploaded on Oct 26, 2010 By Adamfulgence

"Hello in there" is from John Prine's debut album, "John Prine" (1971)

Old age and loneliness, written about an old couple, is a theme relatively unexplored by songwriters (with the notable exception of Jacques Brel, "Les Vieux".)

What's amazing is how it rings so true despite being written by a 25-year old.

This really is a deeply sad and human song.

Not just that people work hard their whole lives and then can't even expect acknowledgement of their existence once their greatest accomplishments are behind them, but that time numbs us to life.

Even a cut as deep as losing a son eventually is just worn away by the tides of time.

John Prine cuts to the soul of humanity like no other.

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