Mona Lisa’s Odyssey
(82)
Opera Version
(followed by Song One of Song version)
1
She's wine made out of water
And her name is Red Rebecca
She can now enjoy her freedom
From a gallery called the Louvre
She had been a static painting
Longing to be a guitar player
And become a planet saver
For the Lord she is serving
Her creator is an artist
Due to make a fresh start
After gambling for a while
With no thought for his art
Leonardo called her Mona Lisa
First in Florence and then Paris
On the cusp of her awakening
As a planet saving musician
How can beauty be abandoned
When it’s just the thing we need
To attract more light inside us
And to shun the kind of seed
That propagates corruption
And is pocketed by greed
At the altar of profiteering
Minus Jesus or a creed?
We need sharing and caring
And community at its best
With chains on competition
And an ending to approval
For the fittest to be cuckoos
That care nothing for the rest
John Milton lost his eyesight writing pamphlets for some cause
That celebrated Cromwell’s triumph by executing Santa Clause
It's just as well that Mona Lisa kept her dreams and hopes intact
By continuing to believe the illusion she was a free person in fact
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
2
Mona Lisa is no longer
It all happened in a flash
First she outwitted security
And then made a frantic dash
After escaping from the Louvre
For a brand new life in England
She became a superb musician
And singer called Red Rebecca
Milton’s grave was desecrated
But by whom they couldn’t say
Since his Puritan religion
Was unpopular in its day
Back to humble Mona Lisa
With Leonardo at her heel
She agreed to be his sitter
As she had some time to kill
Resourceful Mona Lisa
Left the Louvre in a hurry
Free at last of being static
And denied making music
She had found her vocation
Beginning with her liberation
No more posing for Leonardo
Just to end up framed forever
Singing and playing the guitar
Is such a joy to Red Rebecca
Compared to picture hanging
And hearing Leonardo saying
Planet saving is much better
Than a berth on the Titanic
When it comes to being a genius then Leonardo is the man
And no womaniser either, unlike the gay gentlemen of Milan
What an artist and philanthropist to have painted Mona Lisa
Leaving us to grow in wisdom with the help of Red Rebecca
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
3
What a wonderful song writer
Red Rebecca is her name
As a singer she's amazing
And deserving of her fame
There is something in her music
While her voice is just sublime
Leaving her fans captivated
By an artist in her prime
Plato had a profound vision
Of the limitations of our realm
Perfection is only for heaven
Where God is at the helm
When we become controlling
It’s the blind leading the blind
Leading to the New Jerusalem
Becoming a war-zone of a kind
Red Rebecca with her music
Is becoming a game changer
Rather than a lonely hostage
Pleading to a picture hanger
For his permission to recover
Her old life beyond the Louvre
No regrets for Red Rebecca
She's a star and planet saver
And a truly fabulous composer
Now that her internment is over
Touching others with her singing
And the beauty she is bringing
Through the wonder of her art
And the music in her heart
What a pleasure and a treasure to have Red Rebecca on our side
With community and planet saving values now ready to be applied
What a pity that Leonardo da Vinci could not resist a game of dice
Leaving Odysseus to plead forlornly, “art needs love and sacrifice”
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
4
What a most amazing lady
And a musician on the rise
It’s au revoir to Mona Lisa
With the enigmatic eyes
We now have Red Rebecca
To sing and play her guitar
With poetry in her lyrics
Worthy of a superstar
Her creator is an artist
Due to make a fresh start
After gambling for a while
With no thought for his art
Leonardo called her Mona Lisa
First in Florence and then Paris
On the cusp of her awakening
As a planet saving musician
How can beauty be abandoned
When it’s just the thing we need
To attract more light inside us
And to shun the kind of seed
That propagates corruption
And is pocketed by greed
At the altar of profiteering
Minus Jesus or a creed?
We need sharing and caring
And community at its best
With chains on competition
And an ending to approval
For the fittest to be cuckoos
That care nothing for the rest
The values of evolution are decrepit in the main
Like survival of the fittest and logic without a brain
Well at least with Red Rebecca evolution takes a dive
After Mona Lisa said for certain that Jesus Christ is alive
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
5
Red Rebecca builds up momentum
Gathering people to her side
Sharing with them the values
She would love to see applied
To a different way of living
That’s for the common good
With community to be thriving
In every neighbourhood
Milton’s grave was desecrated
But by whom they couldn’t say
Since his Puritan religion
Was unpopular in its day
Back to humble Mona Lisa
With Leonardo at her heel
She agreed to be his sitter
As she had some time to kill
Resourceful Mona Lisa
Left the Louvre in a hurry
Free at last of being static
And denied making music
She had found her vocation
Beginning with her liberation
No more posing for Leonardo
Just to end up framed forever
Singing and playing the guitar
Is such a joy to Red Rebecca
Compared to picture hanging
And hearing Leonardo saying
Planet saving is much better
Than a berth on the Titanic
Mona Lisa is the embodiment of nurture and new life
This blessing arrives from heaven to a man and his wife
By becoming Red Rebecca, her renaissance is complete
She’s a planet saving musician that is turning up the heat
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
6
With the focus on planet saving
Tradition becomes a real asset
Because our vanity is a hazard
And our weaknesses enslaving
As creation reflects the creator
Then its assets become sacred
So not to be trashed or traded
By a farmer or financial raider
Plato had a profound vision
Of the limitations of our realm
Perfection is only for heaven
Where God is at the helm
When we become controlling
It’s the blind leading the blind
Leading to the New Jerusalem
Becoming a war-zone of a kind
Red Rebecca with her music
Is becoming a game changer
Rather than a lonely hostage
Pleading to a picture hanger
For his permission to recover
Her old life beyond the Louvre
No regrets for Red Rebecca
She's a star and planet saver
And a truly fabulous composer
Now that her internment is over
Touching others with her singing
And the beauty she is bringing
Through the wonder of her art
And the music in her heart
Symmetry embraces the chemistry that is found in another
Equilibrium brings harmony to the participants of difference
Music and silence come together for the sake of each other
Salvation and judgement make way for Grace's intervention
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
7
She is special, Red Rebecca
At this moment I am thinking
She’s an inspiration to others
And a planet saving musician
There’s no joy in evolution
Unlike say in God’s creation
There’s a nation to be saving
And bad habits to be breaking
Her creator is an artist
Due to make a fresh start
After gambling for a while
With no thought for his art
Leonardo called her Mona Lisa
First in Florence and then Paris
On the cusp of her awakening
As a planet saving musician
How can beauty be abandoned
When it’s just the thing we need
To attract more light inside us
And to shun the kind of seed
That propagates corruption
And is pocketed by greed
At the altar of profiteering
Minus Jesus or a creed?
We need sharing and caring
And community at its best
With chains on competition
And an ending to approval
For the fittest to be cuckoos
That care nothing for the rest
Leonardo da Vinci shrugs his shoulders once or twice
In response to Odysseus demanding love and sacrifice
And bitterly complaining that genius denied is but a vice
Leaving Leonardo calculating how to win a game of dice
Meanwhile Red Rebecca puts her values on display
Liberty, fraternity and equality are all better than okay
Ecology and simplicity are glad to join the celebration
Morality and community too on receiving an invitation
There’s much that Red Rebecca doesn’t care to say
Fearful of coming across as arrogant and vain
Planet saving is not an easy occupation
In a world that has become obsessed
By the need to generate employment
And a meaningful life in a world crazy in the main
That cares only about a comfortable existence in the near future
That has not a clue of how to take the power away from those totally undeserving
And so serving the one coming at the opposite end of the spectrum to God
The amazing thing about Red Rebecca is that she is taking all of these forces on
Because she dearly loves this planet and the goodness that our God has given
Add to this, her appreciation of the wonder and beauty to be found in heaven
And the grief she experiences to see her brothers and sisters get it so badly wrong
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
The End
© Frankie Espirit
Mona Lisa’s Odyssey
(82)
Song One of Seven
She's wine made out of water
And her name is Red Rebecca
She can now enjoy her freedom
From a gallery called the Louvre
She had been a static painting
Longing to be a guitar player
And become a planet saver
For the Lord she is serving
Her creator is an artist
Due to make a fresh start
After gambling for a while
With no thought for his art
Leonardo called her Mona Lisa
First in Florence and then Paris
On the cusp of her awakening
As a planet saving musician
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
How can beauty be abandoned
When it’s just the thing we need
To attract more light inside us
And to shun the kind of seed
That propagates corruption
And is pocketed by greed
At the altar of profiteering
Minus Jesus or a creed?
We need sharing and caring
And community at its best
With chains on competition
And an ending to approval
For the fittest to be cuckoos
That care nothing for the rest
John Milton lost his eyesight writing pamphlets for some cause
That celebrated Cromwell’s triumph by executing Santa Clause
It's just as well that Mona Lisa kept her dreams and hopes intact
By continuing to believe the illusion she was a free person in fact
Well eventually Mona Lisa broke free from her oppressors
Hoping to use her music to make this world so much better
Not for the sake of ego but for the Lord that she is serving
And her love for God’s creation she is keen to be saving
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
Leonardo da Vinci shrugs his shoulders once or twice
In response to Odysseus demanding love and sacrifice
And bitterly complaining that genius denied is but a vice
Leaving Leonardo calculating how to win a game of dice
Meanwhile Red Rebecca puts her values on display
Liberty, fraternity and equality are all better than okay
Ecology and simplicity are glad to join the celebration
Morality and community too on receiving an invitation
There are changes to be making
And a causeway in the skies
That is different to a rainbow
That arrives but slowly dies
The good news is Red Rebecca
Has a little bit of heaven in her eyes
The End
© Frankie Espirit
