Existential Boogie
I’m sitting in a café
smoking a Gitane
yes, I’m sitting in a café
smoking a Gitane
I’m reading Jean Paul Sartre
and wondering who I am.
Existential boogie
do that existential thing
you can do it in your armchair
summer, autumn, winter, spring.
If you’re looking for an answer
don’t ask Albert Camus
yes, if you’re looking for an answer
don’t ask Albert Camus
that dude’s been dead a long time
he can’t tell you what to do
Existential boogie
do that existential thing
you can do it in your armchair
summer, autumn, winter, spring
And don’t talk to me
about Immanuel Kant
yes, don’t talk to me
about Immanuel Kant
well I know that you want to
but you can’t
Existential boogie
do that existential thing
you can do it in your armchair
summer, autumn, winter, spring
and some people like to quote
Martin Heidegger
yes, some people like to quote
Martin Heidegger
well, all I can say is
go figure
Existential boogie
do that existential thing
you can do it in your armchair
summer, autumn, winter, spring
Rene Descartes said
I think therefore I am
yes, old Rene, he said
I think therefore I am
well, I call that a beginning
I sure don’t call that a plan.
Existential boogie
do that existential thing
you can do it in your armchair
summer,
autumn,
winter,
spring.
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Stopdraggingthepanda 
Not one plan to be found. (K)
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How about Nietzsche? Not for nothing, but…
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…Nietsche has nothing he can teach ya
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Looks like we’ve got another verse going!
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touché!
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Tom would be pleased by this one.
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Real rhythm and beat there, I can almost hear a good rock n roll tune driving this forward, in a small underground bar…
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Thanks Ain!
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Nice skewering of pretension, and a very wry tone make this bring a smile, and also start a little activity in the brain, heaven forfend. Safer in the armchair, perhaps?. I especially like the Descartes stanza.
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Thanks Joy!
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Ha… Isn’t it all about thinking for yourself?… still you need to read all those dudes to be able to do it… what irony
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