i can see the tornado inside you
i can hear it within your voice
and it is profound and mystical
it was supposed to take you
all the way over the rainbow
but there is such a thing
as too much brilliance
and too much power
and this, my dear soulmate,
is your blessing and your curse
i oughta know

they're jamming in the basement
i wonder if they know
that divinity is alive
in their underground noodlings
like in "a star is born"
when they played the stage show
then played the bar show
then played another bar alone
just for themselves
the man may have gotten away
but divinity descended

so how oppressed do i feel tonight
like i've been tied to you know what
sing it ben and duane and warren
and now our little bo bice
i got a little happy watching my judy
i chased my cares away
i shouted hallelujah
i thought ahead to judgment day
and i felt oppressed
in the midst of being blessed

my guardian angel for this day
is empress garland herself
whose wondrous force spilled out
in the turbulence and the brokenness
which she willed to occur
even amid the calmness
i must say shame on those murderers
the hollywood bigwigs
who killed her childhood
with up, down, and all around pills
anesthesia was her companion
and torment was her muse

how do you purge and adjust
how do you slay the lust
how do you master the magic
how do you reach the rainbow

the answer is the question
the destination is the journey
the revolution is the revelation
the truth is the love
the love is the truth

that's all for now folks
i've got a rainbow to chase
and to catch