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--Leading up to the 2016 election, I sensed approaching catastrophe. Picturing the post-election world I wrote this from the viewpoint of Civilization.

music video at YouTube: youtu.be/Ks440BlpArA

lyrics

(--Leading up to the 2016 election, I sensed approaching catastrophe. Picturing the post-election world I wrote this from the viewpoint of Civilization.)

refrain

I THOUGHT I WOULD BUILD
A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
BY NOW
A BEAUTIFUL TOWER
I THOUGHT I WOULD BUILD
FOR YOU ALL BY NOW

THEN I WOKE UP
IT WAS ALL JUST A DREAM
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT WOULD SEEM

chorus

IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW

verse

I PICTURED
HOW IT ALL WOULD BE
I VISUALIZED
SO I COULD SEE IT GROWING
EVER HIGHER
RIGHT UP TO THE CLOUDS

BUT AS I WATCHED MY BUILDING RISE
PEOPLE CAME TO VANDALIZE
I WOULD START ALL OVER
I WOULD START ALL OVER

refrain

I THOUGHT I WOULD BUILD
A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
BY NOW
(THOUGHT I'D BUILD A BUILDING)
A BEAUTIFUL TOWER
I THOUGHT I WOULD BUILD
FOR YOU ALL BY NOW

THEN I WOKE UP
IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
AND NOT FOR ME

chorus

IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW

-----instrumental break

short verse

BUT AS I WATCHED MY BUILDING RISE
PEOPLE CAME TO VANDALIZE
I WOULD START ALL OVER
I WOULD START ALL OVER

refrain

I THOUGHT I WOULD BUILD
A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
BY NOW
(THOUGHT I'D BUILD A BUILDING)
A BEAUTIFUL TOWER
I THOUGHT I WOULD BUILD
FOR YOU ALL BY NOW

THEN I WOKE UP
IT WAS ALL JUST A DREAM
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW

bridge

YOU CAN BUILD IT UP
OR TEAR IT DOWN
YOU CAN START ALL OVER
YOU CAN MAKE IT BAD
OR MAKE IT GOOD
BEFORE YOU GROW MUCH OLDER

short refrain

THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT WOULD SEEM

chorus

IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW

coda

IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW
IT'S ALL YOURS NOW

THOUGHT I'D BUILD A BUILDING
(THOUGHT I'D BUILD A TOWER)

“And who's going to pay for the wall?”
“Mexico!”
“Who's going to pay for the wall?”
“Mexico!”
“Who's going to pay for the wall?”
“Mexico!”

credits

from u​-​ZHOO​-​wah​-​lee Blue, released December 6, 2019

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Randy Bowser Salem, Oregon

Randy Bowser - ASCAP, SAG-AFTRA

Composer, director, actor.

Professional premiere of "KARLOFF" was in 2014, Salem, OR.

Professional premiere of "Dorian Gray" was in 2010, in Moscow, Russia.
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