Akira the Don and Alan Watts - The Good That I Would

So you see, when you select an authority
Who will help you to improve yourself
It's like hiring the police
Out of your tax money
And putting them in charge of
Seeing that you obey the law
I mean, can't you take care of yourselves?
I mean, is this the land of the
Free and the home of the brave, or isn't it?
But you see, nobody seems to want to be
In charge of themselves
'Cause they feel they can't do it
As St paul said

To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
To will is present with mе
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not that I do

So thеre at once, we are in difficulty
Because trying to improve yourself is
Like trying to lift yourself
Up into the air by tugging
At your own bootstraps and it can't be done

To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do

To will is present with me
But how to do good, I find not
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do
For the good that I would, I do not
And the evil that I would not, that I do

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