Lyrics

Act Great
Hafiz/Ladinsky/Levin © 2013

What is the key to unlock your mind to untie the knot of suffering blind?
What is the secret to silence the madness?
That tramples the landscape, the heart’s tender bliss?
That imprisons the eye with all its denied, from the cold golden idol to the forbidden kiss?

Chorus:
Act great! Act great! Act great! Act —great!
Whatever life hands you, you don’t have to wait.
Act great! Act great! Act great! Act —great!
One act of kindness can overcome fate.
...Always act great my dear. Act great!

What is the cure to this poisoned well?
Where is the ladder set here when we fell?
What is now sacred and how shall I care?
What can I cling to as true as my true love’s hair?

My Friend Hafiz he whispers two words
Two little words with the beauty of birds
with the beauty of emeralds of angels and light.
two words that restored me and gave my eyes sight.
Chorus
Benevolent thought, benevolent sound,
benevolent movement around and around (2x)

Always act great my dears. Always act great my dear.
Always act great my dears. Act great!