I am the locust and I tell the quiet lies

To ageless gentle children with sparkle in their eyes

And all the while She watches and waits her monstrous chance

To terminate the dreaming in all our song and dance



Chorus:	 The quiet lies of dreaming

	 Remain in spite of time

	 And all her evil scheming

	 Cannot cull the magic rhyme

	 I am the locust and I sing the locust song

	 Sing along



People laughing, breathing, turn to robots as I watch

And isolation claims them as they shrink from human touch

And She has many victories but still my lies live on

And they will grow and flourish when her dark machine has gone



Each generation brings the ones with sparkle eyes

The children She has not suborned with all her glib replies

And some day when the ones who dream rise up to take their stand

The children of the locust will bring magic to the land



Coda







Words and music:  Kathy Mar



Copyright 1984 Kathy Mar