Naming Names

Kalamazoo and Timbuktu
Are real places, through and through
Shangri-La's a legend,
Cuckoo-Land's a dream
The dark side of the moon
Only astronauts have seen
I hear that New York's sleepless
I hear that Ireland's green
But there are nearer places
Where I have never been

The snail curled in his silence
The rabbit in her hole
The ants inside their labyrinths
The goldfish in their bowl
Live lives more strange and wild
Than any human tale
Lives as full of wonders
As the long-songed whales

And you live inside your name
And you journey in your skin
And no one can come with you
No one can come in
Though we're all alone together
All dreaming the same dream
We don't know where we're going
We don't know where we've been
So we keep on telling stories
We keep on playing games
We keep on asking questions
We keep on naming names