When you asked me if I knew her and I said I did, I lied Surely I'd have spoken truer had I said, instead, "I tried"

For fitness sake What breeds here feeds And has to take

How can I know passion In so sweet a fashion

Once jitney cabs that taxied us On Chicago’s south side

Set to satisfy the seasons Separated by the sun So arranged for cosmic reasons

Gravity is God in disguise Operating right before your eyes

I found the 411 On just how gravity has run The earth and moon and sun

In the sluggish sleep of slaves From your cradles to your graves

Round the sun so brightly burning Day by day we go sojourning

Peering dimly through the haze That beclouds all yesterdays