This song that I wrote some time ago was inspired by Pete Seeger's "Turn Turn Turn". It is based closely on verses from Ecclesiastes (1:1-15).
Lyrics:
...Vanity of vanities,
...Said the preacher unto me.
...Vanity of vanitiies,
...All is vanity.
...What profit can a man make
...Of all his labour which he take?
...That which is crooked cannot be made straight;
...All is vanity.
One generation passes away
And another generation comes
But the earth abides forever,
Forever under the sun.
The sun arises and the sun goes down
And hastens to his place where he arose.
The wind whirls south and turns back to the north
And by his circuits goes.
All the rivers run into the sea
And yet the sea makes no gain.
Unto the place from whence they come
The rivers return again.
The thing that has been is that which shall be
And that which has been done
Is that which shall be done in the future.
There is no new thing under the sun.
...Vanity of vanities,
...That which is, is that which shall be,
...Vanity of vanities;
...All is vanity.
...What profit can a man make
...Of all his labour which he take?
...That which is crooked cannot be made straight;
...All is vanity.
Rating: User: raymondcrooke 2007-05-14T13:43:11.803Z
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