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How the World Was Saved

from High Winds by Francis Voignier

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HOW THE WORLD WAS SAVED

LITTLE JOE FELL OFF THE WING
CRASHED UNTO AN EMPTY STREET
HE GOT UP
AND THEN ASSESSED THE SITUATION
ALL HE KNEW WAS STILL BEHIND
IT LOOKED LIKE HELL HAD SPREAD AROUND
NO REFERENCE
HE WONDERED WHAT HE HAD FOR OPTIONS

HE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD BE ALRIGHT
IF HE COULD JUST CALM HIMSELF DOWN
NOT WHAT HE EXPECTED WHEN HE SIGNED ON THE LINE
TOO LATE TO TURN THINGS AROUND

LITTLE JOE FELT SOMEONE NEAR
WAS IT FAKE OR WAS IT REAL
SOMETHING FOR SURE
WAS BREAKING THE RULES OF PERCEPTION
HE LOOKED FOR ANSWERS IN THE SHADE
BEHIND THE BROKEN AND RUSTED GATES
WHAT HE SAW
COULDN’T HAVE BEEN AN ILLUSION

SLOWLY NIGHT WAS CLOSING IN
A SENSE OF DANGER LIVED WITHIN
HE’LL HAVE TO WAIT TIL MORNING
IF HE SURVIVED THE NIGHT
FOR NOW THINGS WERE NOT LOOKING BRIGHT

ASSIGNED TO STEP INTO A ROOM
STRAIGHT TO THE OLD MAN IN THE CHAIR
TO MAKE SURE NO TRACES WERE LEFT
WITHOUT A MARGIN FOR MISTAKE
NO-ONE WAS TO BECOME AWARE
OF THE INTRUSION AND THE THEFT

LITTLE JOE RAN OUTSIDE
OUT OF BREATH DEATH STEPPED INSIDE
HE CLUNG
TO WHATEVER WAS LEFT OF COMPREHENSION
QUICK TO CONNECT WITH LIFE SUPPLY
HE GAVE WHAT HE TOOK TO THE SKY
IN ANSWER
HE WAS RETURNED TO THE STATION

SO IT IS HOW THE WORLD WAS SAVED
LITTLE JOE WAS MADE TO FORGET
NOBODY REALIZED IT WAS NEARLY THE END
BUT ALL IS ALRIGHT NOW…


Words & Music by FRANCIS VOIGNIER
January 17, 2010
© 2010 US Copyright Office, Library of Congress

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from High Winds, released February 1, 2011

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Francis Voignier San Francisco, California

Francis Voignier formed his first band in 1968. He moved from Eastern France to Paris and then London where he made his professional debut. He worked in NYC
as a sideman between 1978 and 1982, before heading for San Francisco where he spent 10 years performing and recording with many bands, as well as producing artists in his own studio. He now lives in the Northern California city of Eureka. ... more

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