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Chuck Mangione wrote some music with Roger Karshner around the paintings of Paul Klee.  The rock group The National Gallery recorded them on their album The National Gallery - Performing musical interpretations of the paintings of Paul Klee.  All of the music was written by Chuck and Roger with the exception of A Negro Child Does Not Understand The Snow which was written by Roger only.  All of the lyrics were written by Roger.  This is some weird stuff...  Enjoy!


Barbaric, Classical, Solemn

The Rhyme And Reason Of
Changing Season
The Cycle Of
Infantile, Senile Evolution

Laughter  Hatred  Half Dead  Naked

Where Is The Solution

Barbaric, Classical, Solemn
Barbaric, Classical, Solemn
Barbaric, Classical, Solemn
Barbaric, Classical, Solemn

The Empty Faces Of
Times And Places
A Pathway Of
Wandering, Crying Humanity

Ugly  Beauty  Earthly Duty

Is There Retribution

Boy With Toys

Boy With Toys
Playing In
Fantasy

Killing
His Teddybear
Thinking
Of Father

Boy With Toys
Alone In The
Attic

Choking
His Hobbyhorse
Thinking Of Mother

Torpedos Of Guilt
Subtly Loaded
Onto A Submarine
Bound
For
The
Mind
Repressions Of Feelings
Never Exploded
Phychosis Neurosis
Anxieties Find

Child At War
Juvenile
General
Killing
An Army
Of Fathers
In Khaki

Boy With Toys
The Only-Begotten
Sleeping
With Teddybear
Dreaming
Of Mother

Fear Of Becoming Double

Fear Of Becoming Double
Germinating
Propagating
Rapid Rabbit Multiplication

Fear Of Becoming Double
Of Spreading Two By Two
Exploding Seeds Of Me
Blowing Across A Nation
Spontaneous Generation A
Worldly Self Invasion

Fear Of Becoming Double
Afraid Of A Double Trouble
Mathematical Procreation
Marching And Expanding
Infinite Arm Of Me

A Gigantic Dividing Me Machine

I Incorporate Fort Worth
I Incorporate Atlanta
I Incorporate New York State
But
Pass Up Alabama

Double, Double, Trouble
Everyone Is Me, Me, Me
I'm Sailing On A Sea Of Me
There I Go
Here I Am
I Meet Myself And Shake My Hand

Doubling And Expanding
Sweeping, Overrunning
Spinning, Whirling, Splitting
A Doubling Epidemic

Fear Of Becoming Double
Double, Double, Trouble
Double, Double, Double

A Child's Game

A Child's Game
When You Grow Up What Will You Be?

I'll Be A Doctor Famous Doctor Man
And Everyone Will Know Me
As A Wealthy Man

Children In A Garden Somewhere
Looking
Into Nature's Eyes
They See The Face Of Everything But
Play A Childrens' Game

A Child's Game
When You Grow Up What Will You Be?

I'll Be A Lawyer Greatest Lawyer Man
And Everyone Will Know Me
As A Rich, Rich Man

Children In A Garden Somewhere
Looking
Into Nature's Eyes
They See The Face Of Everything But
Play A Childrens' Game

A Child's Game
When You Grow Up What Will You Be?

I'll Be A Leader Strongest Leader Man
And Everyone Will Fear Me
As A Ruler Man

Grown-Ups In A City Somewhere
Surrounded
By Uncertainty
Just Objects Of Society They
Played The Children's Game

Fear Behind The Curtain

Fear Behind The Curtain
Don't Know For Certain
Should I Come Out
Scream And Shout
What's It About
Looking
Peeking
Hiding
Seeking Answers to All - Everything
But Nothing Answers The Ants In My Pants Sirs

Fear Behind The Curtain
Nothing's For Certain
Not Even Carrots
Are Completely Wholesome

Rabbits Beware
Bugs Everywhere
Look - Over There
A Man In A Trailer, A Bleary Eyed Sailor
Smoking A Rope With A Knot At The
End

Fear Behind The Curtain
Ephemeral Movements
Underground Flower Pot Salesmen
Polluted Pajamas From Outside Drying
Could Cause Skin Cancer
Terminal Pants Sir!
No One Safe Except The Insane
So I'll Remain Behind
The Curtain
There's More Fear - In Front

Diana In The Autumn Wind

The Leaf That's Green In Summer
Will Die And Fall To Ground
The Fresh Bouquet Of Yesterday
Today Is Ugly Brown

The Happiness Of Springtime
Is Sadness In The Fall
The Autumn Haze Makes Yesterdays
Much Harder To Recall

Diana In The Autumn Wind
Goodbye, Goodbye My Lover
Diana In The Autumn Wind
Goodbye My Springtime Lover
Diana In The Autumn Wind
Goodbye, Goodbye Forever

The Theatre Of August
Is Silent In The Snow
The Clown That Played The Masquerade
Has Come To Close The Show

Diana In The Autumn Wind
Goodbye, Goodbye My Lover
Diana In The Autumn Wind
Goodbye My Springtime Lover
Diana In The Autumn Wind
Goodbye, Goodbye Forever

Self Portrait

Is This The Way I Look
Is This The Way I Am
Is This Portrait Really
Me
What Other People See

Can You Truly Paint Yourself
When So Affected
By Unrelated Matter

The Noise Of The Carpet Sweeper
The Barking Of A Dog

Each Eye
Ear
Nose Relation
Affect This Oil Interpretation

Is This The Way I Look
Is this What I Appear And
Is What I Appear
What I Really Am
Can We Ever Know Ourselves
Thru Mirror Of Photograph And
As I Paint A Smile On Me
Do I Really Laugh

If We Could Turn Our Eyes Around And
Look Into The Dark
Down Behind The Deepest Shadow
Then We Could Paint Ourselves But
Who Would Dare To Look
Could Bear To Look
At What We Really Are

Pond With Swans

Gliding White Necks

Slipping Quietly On A Liquid Mirror
Symbol Of Purity

The World Is On The Shore

Looking
Trying To Identify With A Cleanliness

Out Of Reach

White Feathered Ships

Sailing 'Cross Your Sea Of Sanctity

Vessels Of Down

Floating
On Your Own Reflection

Can You See The Human Form
Dark
And
Corrupt
Standing On The Shore

Freighters So Chaste

Clear The Man Made Ports
There's No Market There For

Cargo

Such As Yours

A Negro Child Does Not Understand The Snow

Frosty Sheets
Of Alabaster White Castle Unreality
Operating Room Sterility
Ivory Scalpels
Gleaming
Surgical
Silver
Soldiers
Monochromatic Defenders

Oceans Of White Wash
Legion Of Tom Sawyers Painting
A Fence For Aunt Polystyrene

A Polar Bear Writing On
The Snow With A Chunk Of Chalk A
Frozen Message Of Hate
You Can See It As The Glacier Mover

Covering The Pepper
Leaving the Salt

Albino Army In Palm Beach Suits
Pink-Eyed Purveyors Of
Canescence

It's Snowing - It's Snowing
Lilly Like Flakes
Crashing
To
The
Ground
Snow Is All Around
Covering Everything

Listing  Listen  Listen

Long Hair Soulful

Long Hair Soulful Sitting There
By The Window In Her Chair
Looking Out Through Half Closed Eyes
Thinking Of Her Lover

Long Hair Soulful Wistful Grin
Trembling Fingers Trembling Chin
Looking Out Through Rain Soaked Glass
Melancholy Lover

People Passing See Her There
Long Hair Soulful Lonely One
Sitting In Her Faded Satins
Waiting In Her Musty Room

Long Hair Soulful Sad Blue Eyes
Will She Ever Realize
That Her Lover's Far Away
Married To Another