Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



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Notes: by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1967 by the author. From page 90 of the collection "Inscriptions on a Ginger Jar," printed in the songbook The Muse of Parker Street.


I cannot see far.
Nightclub candles outshine a star.
The line of neon signs at play
Outshines the Milky Way.


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