If we were our defenses I'd be joining you
If we were our culture, if we were our leaders
If we were our denials I'd be joining you

I remember vividly a day years ago we were camping
You knew more than you thought you should know
You said, "I don't want ever to be brainwashed"

And you were mind boggling you were intense
You were uncomfortable in your own skin
You were thirsty but mostly you were beautiful

If we were our name tags, if we were our rejections
If we were our outcomes I'd be joining you
If we were our indignities, if we were our successes
If we were our emotions I'd be joining you

You and I we're like four year olds
We want to know why and how come about everything
We want to reveal ourselves at will and speak our minds

And never talk small and be intuitive and question mightily
And find God my tortured beacon
We need to find like-minded companions

If we were their condemnations, if we were their projections
If we were our paranoias I'd be joining you
If we were our incomes, if we were our obsessions
If we were our afflictions I'd be joining you

We need reflection, we need really good memory
Feel free to call me a little more often