I: Version One

from Book of the Year Three Thousand

I ventured into the desert the great plain great plain great plain great plain

sweeping down like a great west wind west wind burning I ventured into

the desert the desert burning the great plain sweeping down like a great wind

howling howling I ventured down into the desert sweeping down down down down

upon the great plain and there in the midst of five enormous lakes filled

with blood with blood howling howling I ventured down upon the great plain

sweeping down like a great black bird wind and there there in the midst

of five enormous lakes filled with blood howling howling howling I ventured

ventured sweeping down like a great black bird wind and there in the midst

of five enormous lakes filled with blood I met the friendly truth he smiled

shyly smiled shyly and invited me in to his small adobe hat his small adobe

hut adobe hat hut smiled shyly smiled shyly and invited me in to his small

adobe small adobe hat hut small adobe hat adobe hat hut I removed my boots

before entering it was an ordinary place he showed me some dust and on the

thundering plain sweeping down like a great black wind burning the black sands

with blood howling howling I ventured thundering upon the great plain and there

in the midst of five enormous lakes filled with blood I met the friendly truth

I drew my black sword he smiled there is a small dog small dog

small dog standing behind you he suddenly stood up I thought I understood up

I thought I understood up I thought I understood up I thought I understood up

I thought I understood up I thought I understood up I thought I understood up

he said up he said up he said up he said up he said up he said up he said

the green leaves are green and on the thundering plain I ventured forth I

the black wind storming blood howling howling sweeping burning the great plain

under my sword and there and there there and there and there there in the midst

of five in the midst of five enormous lakes five enormous lakes filled with

blood howling howling howling sweeping down like a great black wind upon the

great plain great plain I ventured thundering upon the great plain and there

in the midst of five enormous lakes filled with blood I met the friendly truth

he had a gold tooth gold tooth gold tooth gold tooth gold tooth gold tooth