Akira The Don, Alan Watts - Playful lyrics

So, it's difficult for us because of
That cultural heritage to accept
To accommodate our common sense
To the idea that the web might
Basically be playful
That it might be like somebody saying
"Won't you come and play with me?" a child
And the other child has some
Little hesitation
"I don't know whether I ought
To play with you
You come from the wrong side of the
Track i don't feel like playing today, I feel
Serious i don't think play is important
We ought to do something real like
Wash the dishes for mother"
Who incidentally has forgotten that the whole
Point of washing the dishes is

Playful arranging patterns of life
Playful


Arranging the patterns of life, f’nice!
Playful arranging the patterns of life
Playful
Arranging the patterns of life, f’nice!
Playful

You don't wash the dishes
For a serious reason
You like the table to look nice, you know?
You don't want to serve up
The dishes for the dinner
With all the leavings of breakfast
Still lying on them
So why do you want the table to look nice?
Well, again it's "f’nice"
You like the pattern of it that way
People get terribly compulsive about
Doing these things and they think that going
On arranging the patterns
Of life is something that's a duty
That means a debt, that you owe it
To yourself, or to your family
Or to someone or other you're in debt
See that's the trouble
When a child comes into the world the
Parents play an awful game on it
Instead of being honest they say
"We've made such great sacrifices for you
Here we are we've supported you
We've paid for your education
And you're an ungrateful little bastard"
And the child feels terribly guilty because
What we do is we build into
Every human being the idea
That existence is guilt

Playful arranging patterns of life
Playful
Arranging the patterns of life, f’nice!
Playful arranging the patterns of life
Playful
Arranging the patterns of life, f’nice!
Playful

The existentialists make a big thing of this
You watch out for them
Because they're hoaxers and they
Say that guilt ontological
If you're not feeling guilty
You're not human
That was because papa and mama said
"Look at all the trouble you've caused us
You shouldn't dare to exist you have no
Rights, but maybe we'll give you some out
Of the generosity of our heart
So that you'll be permanently indebted to us"
And so everybody goes around with that
Sort of thing in their background
Unless they have different kinds
Of papas and mamas
Who didn't play that trick on them
And if they don't do it
Somebody else does it
Auntie comes around and says
"You don't realize what your father
And mother have done for
You you think you can just stay around here
And goof off
But they have sweated blood to give
You your clothes, and food, and so on
And you ought to be grateful for it"
But that's not the way
To make people grateful
They won't be grateful that way
They'll imitate gratefulness
They'll put on a big show and say
"Oh thank you so much, I
Feel so indebted to you
" and so on and so forth
And they'll make it look good
But it isn't real but it isn't real
Because actually, one's father and mother
Had a great deal of fun
Bringing you into being, or we hope they did
And they wanted to do that the worst way
They have no reason to complain
About all these things
And try and make the children feel guilty

Playful arranging patterns of life
Playful
Arranging the patterns of life, f’nice!
Playful arranging the patterns of life
Playful
Arranging the patterns of life, f’nice!
Playful