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Earth's Last Picture

from Taking You Out to See the Stars by Gray Rinehart

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Several years ago I wrote tunes to several different Kipling poems, and at one point thought of doing an entire album of them. I don't think that project will ever see the light of day, but this one seems to fit into the tone of this album.

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When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.

And those that were good shall be happy; they shall sit in a golden chair;
They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comets' hair.
They shall find real saints to draw from -- Magdalene, Peter, and Paul;
They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all!

And only The Master shall praise us, and only The Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!

Yes, we'll draw the Thing as we see It for the God of Things as They are!

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from Taking You Out to See the Stars, released June 23, 2022
Words by Rudyard Kipling ("When Earth's Last Picture is Painted")
Music by Gray Rinehart

Vocals by Gray Rinehart
Instrumentation by Mark Minervino

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Gray Rinehart writes science fiction, fantasy, assorted nonfiction, and the odd song. Or odd songs.

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