if all you saw was soul
If all you saw was soul,
there’d be far fewer mix-ups
No one would care if there
was a hair out of place
or a blemish on a face
If all you saw was soul,
we’d trust a little better,
feel a little deeper
You might even be a better sleeper
We’d ignore the petty
and the inconsequential —
physical things that deceive the eyes
You wouldn’t care what society and culture
and intellect had to say
If all you saw was soul,
there’d be fewer clouds in your way
Only sun and love,
honor and heart
That’s what we’d be speaking of
instead of ‘she’s too this’ and
‘he’s too that’,
or ‘you’re too thin’
or ‘they’re too fat’
No ‘Jill’s too tall’ or ‘Jack’s too short’
You’d never think to say, ‘Oh, I’ll never let so-and-so through my door’
Now, I’m not talking some dualist shit
or some religious blah, blah, blah
I’m talkin’ soul as the inner core
the truth of who you are
If all you saw was soul
then, let’s face it,
you’d never ask for more
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