Keep On
Words and Music by M. Nesmith 1972

Consider the source and ignore,
If you can,
Whatever is said
To undo the plan.
Consider the source and ignore it
My friend.
You're doin' just fine.
Keep on keepin' on.

Keep in mind the difference
Between courage and will
Don't be afraid to stop what you've begun.
The straight folks think that winning
Gives them license to kill.
But number good is better than number one.

The eye that casts dispersions
On the quiet way of life
Is lost among the past and partly blind
And aggressive undermining
Of what you know is right
Is the work of fools
Who think without their mind.

With a gentle overturning
Of the darkness for the light
Extend yourself, with caution, to the call
And should tomorrow find you moving slowly
Through the night
Don't let their cries of terror make you fall.