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The Spark of Creation

from Sanity by The Songs of Tom Smith

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I’d go to work as a porter tripping on the nightshift
Through heavy doors down corridors of the asylum
I realised as I got to know the patients
You might not conform, but are you insane
They let me draw their portraits, I could see right inside them
The spark of creation shining in their eyes

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Once you’ve mastered it, the power brings a quandary
A gift too great to bear, too formidable to squander

Decorated an old bus across the States to ride
Making gifts of LSD and art from everyday life
Faked my suicide when busted for possession
In the trunk of a friend’s car to Mexico I fled
Our friend wanted me to father her a love child
The spark of creation and the blessing of my wife

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The court case was looming, welcome back to the country
On all fours at the party, we start speaking in tongues
You can blow up the water heater when the voice spoke
I walked outside and pointed and watched it explode
No wind can reach the gully but I summoned it on the spot
Through the spark of creation I know that I am God

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from Sanity, released November 26, 2022

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The Songs of Tom Smith Brisbane, Australia

The Songs of Tom Smith is a recording and performance project created by Tom in 2012. It has a large pool of musicians across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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