Carla Bley, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Little Pony Soldier

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Leader:
He knew we all know
Where we are from
Although no one yet has said
The secret kept instead
JACK:
Little pony soldier
Leader:
A shot sooner or later
JACK:
Unpacking his hellos
Leader:
Raw hands and pounding heart
JACK:
What he might say
Leader:
Like policemen at home
JACK:
Doing no harm left unsaid
Doctor and leader:
Nothing takes time but you
Waiting for change
It’s so far and my watching you
Amounts to a quarter of a mile
At a dime a time
Jack i:
Little pony soldier
Jack ii:
A shot sooner or later
Buried there in front of me
II:
Save a life
Give all your blood
Buried right here —
II:
Any next cloud elsewhere
— His special clear death
Rung ringing yet
II:
She steals rocket fuel
You will too
I & II:
It’s not up to you
Getting out of here —
II:
Gentle little words
— To protect —
II:
Gentle little mistakes
— The secret source —
II:
Gentle little minds
— And yet …
II:
She once noticed him
Enough to say
Close enough to know
He’d undressed
And dressed again
Not so —
II:
Somewhere along —
— Long ago
II:
— His way
Doctor and leader:
The diamond on his ankle
With its felt out