Always Only in Your Mind

This song is a reminder (as if we needed one) that facts and ideas are slippery and hard to find--especially when there is a tendency for self-deceit and Narcissism. My lyrics, Carol's production, music by AI (Suno). Lyrics: We all live in dangerous times It’s not always easy to see Exactly where to draw the line [chorus] But then the line Is always only in your mind I’m not sure where we went wrong It seemed that for a little while We were going along just fine, [chorus] But then ‘just fine’ Is always only in your mind I don’t remember when things got so bad should have been happy with all that we had Somewhere we crossed some kind of line [chorus] But the lines I find Are always only in your mind Maybe we didn’t take enough time Maybe we dreaded our own decline Clearly, we missed some warning signs [chorus] But the warning signs Are always only in your mind An oil tanker burns and sinks Struck by a thousand dollar mine 200 million from the bottom line [chorus] But the bottom lines Are always only in your mind The endless list of our crimes Is getting tangled in my mind Children and troops are never left behind [chorus] And the difference I find Is always only in your mind There are welfare lines and gas lines Battles lines, red lines and punch lines Pick-up lines, hem lines and fine lines [chorus] One day you find the end of the line, Is always only in your mind Now there are wicked designs, and warning signs, Party lines and running out of time-lines Mine fields in front of the enemy lines [chorus] who the real enemy is this time is always mostly in your mind There are product lines and guidelines Voting lines and muster lines Fierce battles over border lines [chorus] The difference between your foe and you Is often only in your mind To find what is strait you need a plumb-line To find what’s true you need some strait lines A joke’s design includes a punch line [final chorus] But what is funny is usually hard to define The crazy laughter that you find, isn’t always only in your mind