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Oh, The Places I've Been

from Mixtape (Deluxe Edition) by Kraken Not Stirred

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about

A song about my first favourite author.

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When I was a boy of about two or three
My mom sat me down and said, "Listen to me
I want you to grow up and do as you please
but if you want a good life, you gotta know how to read."

She meant to inspire and she did not fail
When she read me a froopulous tale
About a little guy who is very displeased.
He's the Lorax and he speaks for the trees.

It flowed like the words to a song
She read the book and I followed along
Squiggles and marks I could learn to decode
Thoughts and ideas and feelings bestowed

from across the world or through time, itself
Brin's "verifiable magical spell"
The words of a man written miles away
My imagination grew three sizes that day

From that day on, well, I was hooked
I couldn't get enough of those wonderful books
To buy all I wanted, that would be hard
So got myself a library card

It didn't even cost fifteen cents and a nail
and the shell of a great great great grandfather snail
To travel to Trantor or Bag-End
Oh, you wouldn't believe all the places I went

From the far end of town where the grickle grass grows
To Pern, King's Landing, and Pine Cove
Camelot, Toy City, and Asgard,
The unfashionable Western Spiral Arm
I've been to Mars - Red, Blue and Green
Oh, you wouldn't believe all the places I've been
Oh, you wouldn't believe all the places I've been

Soon I had my own selection
as I started my own my book collection
Fiction and fact, poems and prose
It started out slow but it started to grow
They came with book marks, they came with price tags
They came in packages, boxes, and bags.
Morning and afternoon, even in bed,
You wouldn't believe all the writers I've read

Shelves full of authors from Adams to Zappa
Pratchett and Ashby, Willis and Kafka
Peart and Mieville, Mellick the Third
My shelves full to bursting from these written words
Barker and Butler, Dick and Jeter
DeLany and Asimov, Gaiman and Bear
Carter and Mowat, L'engle and Dahl
I could go on for days just listing them all

From the Prancing Pony, to The White Hart
The Mended Drum and Fangio's Bar
Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill
I've paid Milliways astronomical bill
The Flying Swan and Green Dragon pub
I've hung with Mycroft at the Diogenes club
A cantina on Tattooine
Oh, you wouldn't believe all the places I've been
Oh, you wouldn't believe all the places I've been

Many years later it's plain to see
My love of words has been good to me
It made me think and comprehend
It taught me stuff, it made me friends.

I'm sure that you'll have ascertained,
It's done much more than entertain
The benefits have been quite profuse
So thanks to my mom and to Doctor Seuss

I've walked into Mordor and hacked The Sprawl
I've been to Lagash where I saw the night fall
Tralfamador, Lilliput, and Gilder,
I've fought on the side of The Cylinder
Flatland, Narnia, Planet X,
From Airstrip One to Alpha Complex
Fionavar, Riverworld, Loompa land
From the waters of Solaris to Arakkis's sands
I've been through the Oxford time machine
Oh, you wouldn't believe all the places I've been
Oh, you wouldn't believe all the places I've been

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from Mixtape (Deluxe Edition), released April 24, 2016

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