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Last night I had a dream. I found myself in a desert
called Cyberland. It was hot. My canteen had sprung
a leak and I was thirsty. Out of the abyss walked a
cow - Elsie. I asked if she had anything to drink.
She said, "I'm forbidden to produce milk. In Cyberland,
we only drink Diet Coke."
She said, "Only thing to do is jump over the moon"
"They've closed everything real down ... like barns,
troughs, performance spaces ... and replaced it all
with lies and rules and virtual life.
But there is a way out ...
"Only thing to do is jump over the moon"
I gotta get out of here! It's like I'm being tied
to the hood of a yellow rental truck, being packed
in with fertilizer and fuel oil, pushed over a cliff
by a suicidal Mickey Mouse! - I've gotta find a way
Then a little bulldog entered. His name (we have
learned) was Benny. And although he once had
principles, he abandoned them to live as a lap dog
to a wealthy daughter of the revolution.
"That's bull," he said. "Ever since the cat took
up the fiddle, that cow's been jumpy. And the dish
and the spoon were evicted from the table - and
eloped ... she's had trouble with that milk and the
moon ever since. Maybe it's a female thing. 'Cause
who'd want to leave Cyberland anyway?... Walls ain't
so bad. The dish and the spoon for instance. They
were down on their luck - knocked on my doghouse door.
I said, "Not in my backyard, utensils! Go back to
China!" "The only way out is up," Elsie whispered to
me. "A leap of faith. Still thirsty?" she asked.
Parched. "Have some milk." I lowered myself beneath
her and held my mouth to her swollen udder and sucked
the sweetest milk I'd ever tasted."
"Climb on board," she said. And as a harvest moon
rose over Cyberland, we reared back and sprang into a
gallop. Leaping out of orbit!!!
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Maureen Backups
I awoke singing Leap of faith, etc.
Only thing to do
Only thing to do is jump
Only thing to do is jump over the moon
Only thing to do is jump over the moon
Over the moon - over the
Moooooooo
Moooooooo
Moooooooo
Moooooooo
Moo with me.
(She encourages the audience to moo with her. They do)
Thank you.