The World According to Glissando

Author: Glenn Hansen

  • The Ship is Always Sailing

    The ship is always sailing

    We are all aboard

    The ship is always sailing

    Where our lives are stored

    The ship is always sailing

    Try to get along

    The ship is always sailing

    Try to do no wrong

    The ship is always sailing

    Let us be as one

    The ship is always sailing

    Goodness must be done

    The ship is always sailing

    No real need to fight

    The ship is always sailing

    Let us see the light

    The ship is always sailing

    Nothing more than this

    The ship is always sailing

    No lifeboats to miss

    The ship is always sailing

    It’s just you and me

    The ship is always sailing

    Hope we can agree

  • Dreams/Beggars Bazaar

    




    Dreams
    




    We all need dreams
    




    Dreams give us hope for tomorrow
    




    Dreams help forget today’s sorrows
    




    Dreams
    




    We all need dreams
    




    Dreams
    




    We live for dreams
    




    Dreams give reason for going on
    




    When we feel hope is all but gone
    




    Dreams
    




    We live for dreams
    




    Without dreams there’s nothing to find
    




    Without dreams we’d be prisoners of time
    




    Without dreams we’d all lose our minds
    




    We have to believe in dreams
    




    We were travelling in a distant land
    




    Hidden deep beneath the desert sand
    




    All the land was deeply tanned
    




    The sun had scorched the barren burnt earth
    




    In the ancient town’s misty town square
    




    Many buyers and traders were there
    




    Shops were set up with such flair
    




    To display wares of priceless worth
    




    Gypsy bands came and went through the town
    




    Cloaked in mysterious gowns
    




    The auctioneer auctioned off the crown
    




    There were people from lands near and far
    




    From the haze a wizard appeared
    




    Cast away the shadows of fear
    




    Made the magic to me so clear
    




    In the midst of the Beggars Bazaar
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Into You
    
			
    

    I was walking in the desert going nowhere
    




    Like a mirage there she appeared
    




    I had to stare
    




    Her oasis beckoned me
    




    Crystal waters, palm trees
    




    This was the place I wanted to be
    




    I am, I am so, so into you
    




    I am, I am so, so into you
    




    I am so into you
    




    Laid on the sand sheltered by shade inside the gate
    




    It took time for me to find you
    




    Well worth the wait
    




    Her oasis beckoned me
    




    Crystal waters, palm trees
    




    This was the place I wanted to be
    




    I am, I am so, so into you
    




    I am, I am so, so into you
    




    I am so into you
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Friendship Frigate
    
			
    

    Sail away on the Friendship Frigate
    




    It will float your soul away from it all
    




    Sail away on the Friendship Frigate
    




    You will find the peace you wish to recall
    




    You wish to recall
    




    Life’s not hard at all
    




    You will never fall
    




    So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate
    




    Sail away, sail away, sail away today
    




    Sailing past cliffs hidden within the night
    




    White doves that shimmer in the violet haze
    




    Twinkling stars that shed everlasting light
    




    A billowing cloud of white drifts and sways
    




    Magic’s in the air
    




    Peace is everywhere
    




    Love is there to share
    




    So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate
    




    Sail away, sail away, sail away today
    




    Please come with me on the Friendship Frigate
    




    There we will find all the love that we need
    




    Please come with me on the Friendship Frigate
    




    You and me and all the world will be freed
    




    We will all be freed
    




    Find the love we need
    




    Plant a brand new seed
    




    So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate
    




    Sail away, sail away, sail away today
    




    Sail away
    




    Sail today
    




    Sail away
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Sprinkle of Twinkle
    
			
    

    Dusk is now long gone, the day at its end
    




    There’s a sprinkle of twinkle, helps you sleep and mend
    




    As your eyes slowly close for your journey of the mind
    




    Dreams are being written just for you to go find      
    




    The moonlight it beckons, time to travel afar
    




    To wondrous new places, they’re just past the stars
    




    As the visions unfold in the eyes of your head
    




    And you find delight in the gold woven threads      
    




    You’re resting and healing as tomorrow awaits
    




    You will be renewed for the day’s many fates
    




    So sleep well, let go of the day that’s just passed
    




    The new day holds promise and a hope that can last
    




    Dreams can come true, whether night time or day
    




    Ride off in the sunset, let dreams come and play
    




    My wish for you now is to have a good night
    




    So you will be ready for the bright morning light
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Da Vinci Codes
    
			
    

    Hot spots burn the globe with Da Vinci codes
    




    Dark knights shuffle pawns like computer nodes
    




    So I look to the east and I look to the west
    




    And always try to do my best
    




    Trinkets and bloody pelf, not my journey’s quest
    




    Lasers cut the night without any trace
    




    Shrouded by smoke and mirrors, we can’t see a face
    




    Still I look to the east and I look to the west
    




    And always try to do my best
    




    Mysteries confound me, this I must confess
    




    I will put on my wings tonight
    




    Embark on a midnight flight
    




    I will reach up so high
    




    I will fly
    




    I will put on my wings tonight
    




    Embark on a midnight flight
    




    I will reach up so high
    




    I will fly
    




    Touch the sky
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Wonderful
    
			
    

    The moon and stars
    




    They look so far
    




    Except in dreams
    




    Where it can seem
    




    They’re in your hands
    




    At your command
    




    A wonderful way
    




    To a new day
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Can science save us from ourselves?
    
			
    

    Can science save us from our self-inflicted climate and environmental hemorrhaging? As I pondered climate change I got “outside the box” and started looking for answers beyond stopping the use of fossil fuels. Some don’t want to stop because of, as usual, money and profits. Changing our behaviour would be easier than a technological solution, but humanity’s avarice and lust for power (pun intended) makes it almost impossible to do this.
    




    The possibility of a carbon capture system that pumps carbon dioxide underground has been put forth, but there are numerous problems with this approach. You would need a massive number of huge facilities and significant infrastructure to remove carbon from the atmosphere. And what would the effect be on the planet putting carbon dioxide into it?   
    




    But, some sort of Herculean technological breakthrough could still be the answer. It is possible. For example, maybe there is a way to “vacuum” carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and funnel it into space, which is infinite, so therefore would likely do very little or no damage to the universe. Why not?
    




    Yes, continue to vigorously pursue clean sources of energy. However, this will take too long to avoid disaster for reasons that range from technological implementation to political and business resistance. What is needed right now are brilliant people who will come up with some other viable option to “clean” the atmosphere. We need scientific and technological “outside the box” thinking geniuses in large numbers working on some sort of mechanism to remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere and save the planet. Unfortunately, humanity will never really be up to the task of changing its behaviour. That’s the reality.
    




    By the way, some are thinking going to Mars will give us an escape hatch. Well, let’s say in fifty years this becomes possible in some way. Do you really think there will be enough room for eight billion people to use this hatch? No. You already know who will be the only ones to escape.  
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Can’t see the forest for the trees
    
			
    

    There’s a famed expression you “can’t see the forest for the trees,” originated by Englishman John Heywood in the 16th Century. This brilliant idiom is still as relevant today as it was long ago. Today the “trees” are jobs and profits. The “forest” is the world and how we are destroying it and ourselves by continuing our voracious consumption of fossil fuels unabated. Oh well, when our species self-terminates, at least we will be able to say “many of us had jobs and a few of us had great wealth.”
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Time for Big Oil to Be Held Accountable
    
			
    

    Canada, and indeed the world, should sue the big oil conglomerates for damages and compensation because of their reckless and wanton behaviour of continuing to produce and sell toxic fossil-fuel petroleum products which are currently destroying our planet’s ecosystems and causing incalculable physical personal injury to people. The continuance of this behaviour ultimately threatens the viability and future existence of the human species.
    




    Let us remember that the oil industry previously utilized lead in gasoline long after lead had been recognized as a serious detriment to human health and it took legislation to make big oil stop using it. Even after legislation, it still took over two decades for lead to totally disappear from gasoline.
    




    It is time for the oil industry to be held accountable as they voraciously and greedily acquire wealth for a few at the expense of the well-being of the general population. They may only care about life and profit in the present, but many, many more would like to see a good future life for themselves, their children and grandchildren.
    




    I, for one, as an example, am tired of the forest fire smoke all summer long, so it is time we recognize big oil as the real culprits creating this and so many other health and environmental problems currently plaguing us. If it does not stop, it is only going to get much worse. Let’s do this. “Order in the court.”