And then Stay homeless She said Stay homeless because of the diagnosis Such foolishness Commit therefore to The work that keeps people alive Long enough To move on Advisory input without shared power Is not alignment It’s optics Creating the same fragmentation We’ve spent years trying to fix or create. It’s optics Such foolishness Such cacophony of ideas The optics of success is clear. The optics of success is clear. It is clear that Structures locked by decisions Which are very hard to undo Aren’t gonna be happy too Whose decisions Perhaps foolish decisions We may remake Or make other decisions In their place Stay homeless Staying homeless Memories of home Scattered here Scattered here and there Someday we may foolishly understand Whereupon we stand Until then we have A housing systems coordination issue That’s a mouthful Of words to describe living outside And barely getting by. Directions not fully aligned Are the things that blow the mind Adopted plans, on the other hand, Are maps upon the ground No more boulders to be found On the ground Where a housing systems coordination issue Has been solved. Solved or seen in our dreams We can hope And can make a rope To tie our hopes together We can hope And make a rope To tie our hopes together housing systems coordination Coordinated housing systems Systems of housing coordination Across the nation Don Quixote understood then Where we stand This is our land These are the hopes and dreams we share Homes for all, if we dare, Lift our voices on the wind Lift our voices on the wind Send them up and around again Sing out loud And sing out strong For housing systems coordination. Homes for all, if we dare, Lift our voices on the wind Lift our voices on the wind Send them up and around again Sing out loud And sing out strong For housing systems coordination. !!!!! 😉 G
