By And By - Eligh, Jo Wilkinson, The Grouch

I just might just take off and go;

Stay free of the shackles that way down my soul

Pull in the chips then stack them up high

So the castle walls rugged when I’m ready to roll

Rolling thunder hear my cry when I’m on the road;

Cuz I got a personality to keep me

In the fold, in the cut, in the back.

Used to be I had to roll a blunt from a sack

Just to interact with the sun in the west.

Just a lost young man with a gun to the chest till the fun went south

And my heart went north.

Wingspan grew as a young man knew

Realized that it’s all in the back of

His eyes.

the Universe is bigger than you’ve ever dreamed

As your swimming in the evergreens

And the dimmers on the rise to the brightest that you’ve ever seen

As you formulate a better dream.

Some people scheme to the guillotine.

but I can’t cut off my God

Cuz he’s in a man, he’s everywhere.

A divine hand, gratitude in my attitude when I take off and fly

Cuz I made up my mind

I’m not mad at you, if you can’t keep up with the speed of a hawk

With his eye on the prey as I fly in and slay all the liars astray

In the fires of today we can get away.

Take my first step off the ledge, then use my flow to alternate

My wingspan flaps inside my head

To take my fans to altered states

Take you to that place of peace

Where you won’t be scared to face that beast;

Win that battle for your soul

I’m here in the armor made of platinum and gold don’t run

Jo:

Skip and run, jump and fly

We can get there if we try

By and by…

By and by…

Skip and run, jump and fly

We can get there if we try

By and by…

By and by…

Grouch:

When life’s too fast, I gotta move slow

Until I grow my wings and then that’s when I’m a fly

I’ve seen the other side, I got people waiting on me

Feeling my story so I’m sticking with Eligh

Dropping more leaves, trees grown wise.

I didn’t wanna lie.

never said this shit was easy know that baby’s gonna cry.

And then she’s gonna smile big for me cuz I’m perfecting my path

After I come up with my answers, then I’m checking my math

I know to crawl before you ball, believe just half of what you saw

Perceive the glass is almost full, but you can fill another glass.

Still another calf laughs, he’s just a part of the herd

But we ain’t gotta butt heads, I get much farther with words

I’m just an artist tryin' to run and jump, a dreamer who can skip and fly

I seen you losing grip and I came zippin' by

Dippin', hittin' switches something vicious, then I double back.

Ain’t no trouble, that’s just in my nature, lets get there, we’ll take you.

Eligh

Jo:

By and by, by and by…

Get up, get up, get up, get up…