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You can’t Hide those Spaced Out Eyes

Sung to Lying Eyes by the Eagles

By Mark Stigers Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 1 min read
You can’t Hide those Spaced Out Eyes
Photo by Joel Staveley on Unsplash

Sometimes Joe’s gets a bit Squirrley

And all we get is an empty smile

But you should know that surely

It not just a question of style

Late at night the White House gets lonely

I guess every form of refuge has its price

And it breaks Jill’s heart that Joe now only

Has stares that are cold as ice

They get Joe ready for an evening

To show that he’s not down

But Joe is left grieving

Because now he looks like a clown

You can’t hide those spaced out eyes

And an empty smile is a thin disguise

I thought by now you’d realize

There’s just no way to hide those spaced out eyes

He is sometimes looks lost and untethered

And he mumbles every once and awhile

They swear that soon he’ll be better

And we get another empty smile

Man that debate was a poor one

Joe fell a part before our eyes

Another show, how long until it’s done

All of his supporters are left to cry

You can’t hide those spaced out eyes

And an empty smile is is a thin disguise

I thought by now you’d realize

There’s just no way to hide those space out eyes

Has poor old Joe gone gone completely crazy

My God someone wipe off the drool

Has his staff fled or are they lazy

Joe now plays the part of the fool

Oh my they sure know how to arrange things

They set him up so well, so carefully

Ain’t it funny how they couldn’t change things

He’s still the same old man he used to be

You can’t hide those spaced out eyes

And an empty smile is a thin disguise

I thought by now you’d realize

There’s just no way to hide those spaced eyes

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About the Creator

Mark Stigers

One year after my birth sputnik was launched, making me a space child. I did a hitch in the Navy as a electronics tech. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company for quite a while. I currently live in the Saguaro forest in Tucson Arizona

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  • T. Lichtabout a year ago

    You can’t hide those spaced out eyes- what a line. It makes you sit down and think about it... so well done.

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