Malvina
Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems
The Corners of Your Mind
Notes: words and music
by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1966 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1994.
Into the corners of your mind,
Go dig and see
What you can find.
Torn rags of furious clouds,
And stars serene behind,
Down in the corners of your mind.
Into the corners of your mind,
There's treasures laid.
Don't be afraid.
Wishes all violent,
And tortured dreams betrayed,
Down in the corners of your mind.
Into the corners of your mind,
Go dig and raise
Into the light,
Torrent of endless waters
Falling from a height defined,
Into the corners of your mind.
Out of this treasury you choose
Stuff for your use,
And leave the rest.
Once it has seen the day
It will lie easy for a time
Down in the corners of your mind.