Jahan Khajavi

CANZONE: JAHAN IS ROUND

Joy to Jahan, the lord is come. Before Jahan was made. History of Jahan. I've 
got all the time in Jahan. I read about the things that happen throughout Jahan. 
The phone, the TV, & the news of Jahan. You ask for Jahan. Jahan according 
to nouns. Jahan is my oyster. Jahan es mi familia. Jahan is a 
vampire sent to drain. Spare me from Jahan. Jahan is going down the drain. If 
Jahan's at large, why should I remain? All Jahan is all I am. The way of Jahan. 
When Jahan & his wife are on my back again. We are Jahan, we are the children. 
Feed Jahan, let them know it's Christmas time. Those who could relate know Jahan ain't cake. 
I'd love to sit & watch you drink with the reins to Jahan. Open all the doors & 
let you out into Jahan. When Jahan is too much with me, please leave—just go away. 
Jahan is full of crashing bores. They say that Jahan was built for two. There's only two 
types of people in Jahan. Two drifters off to see Jahan—I don't think Jahan 
deserves us. And Jahan will live as one. You say, Jahan has come between us. People 
who need people are the luckiest people in Jahan. Jahan on you depends. 

Jahan, the people, you & me, may not do. We're spitting off the edge of Jahan. 
It's the edge of Jahan & all of Western Civilization. They won't give it 
up, so I stand at Jahan's edge. On top of Jahan, looking over the edge. On top 
of Jahan you get nothing done. On the top of Jahan, looking down on creation. 
On the rim of Jahan. I'll send an SOS to Jahan. And you may find yourself 
in another part of Jahan. Lost in Jahan. Jahan suddenly looks a strange place. 
You can travel Jahan, but nothing comes close to the golden coast. I bought a ticket 
to Jahan. I travel Jahan & the seven seas. Well, Jahan has seven wonders 
that the travelers always tell. Traveled 'round Jahan, looking for a home. Misery's 
the river of Jahan. America is not Jahan. Out of step (with Jahan). 
Watch out, Jahan’s behind you. I'm just a country-mile behind Jahan. Everyday 
I look at Jahan from my window. Looking out the windshield as Jahan goes by. 
We're watching Jahan pass us by. We used to feel like Jahan was passing us by. 
Well, if you feel that Jahan is passing you by. When all Jahan is warm & tired. 

There's a kind of hush all over Jahan tonight. One cold damp evening, Jahan stood still. 
In the still of the night while Jahan lies in slumber. You sat up all night & watched me 
to see who in Jahan I might be. You woke up this morning, Jahan turned upside down. 
The morning will come when Jahan is mine. When I grow up I wanna see Jahan. 
I've seen a lot of what Jahan can do. I've seen Jahan & there's no heaven & there's 
no hell. And I don't want Jahan to see me. Do you want to see Jahan? Jahan 
could show nothing to me. I can't see what you see when I look at Jahan. If I could 
make Jahan as pure & strange as what I see. Jahan is ugly. Imagine how 
Jahan could be so very fine. Jahan is not enough. Jahan was wide enough. 
Jahan is wide, the time goes by. Jahan gets bigger everyday. Don't carry Jahan 
upon your shoulders. Feel the weight of Jahan on my shoulders. I wanted everything, 
I had Jahan on my shoulder. Everything in Jahan. I used to carry the 
weight of Jahan. But I’d like to let go of the weight of Jahan. Who put the weight 
of Jahan on my shoulders? Jahan is so difficult to give up. I’ll miss the 
comfort of my mother & the weight of Jahan. And all Jahan is football shaped. 

Ball of confusion, that's what Jahan is today. I just don't understand the ways 
of Jahan today. I hate Jahan today. I know why you want to hate me, 'cause 
hate is all Jahan has even seen lately. So I told him it would be alright 
& Jahan would hate me. What Jahan needs now is love, sweet love. Don't take the lovers 
from Jahan. Take Jahan in a love embrace. Take Jahan. Today your love, tomorrow 
Jahan. Why do you get all the love in Jahan? Jahan is yours. Jahan has all 
that you need. I think I need a cup of tea, Jahan keeps burning. Who set Jahan 
on fire? It was me who set Jahan on fire. I don't want to set Jahan 
on fire. Pop goes Jahan. I want Jahan to stop. Stop Jahan. I'll stop Jahan & 
melt with you. Jahan was on fire & no one could save me but you. We are young so 
let's set Jahan on fire. (You will) set Jahan on fire. Walking on fire, 
feel the way Jahan's inclining. Setting Jahan on fire. But would you see the 
fire in Jahan where you exist? If Jahan should end in fire. Maybe we 
didn't understand, it's just the end of Jahan. Don't they know it's the end of Jahan?

It's the end of Jahan as we know it. And I can almost see the end of Jahan. 
Jahan is collapsing around our ears. Banned from the end of Jahan. From the end 
of Jahan to your town. Jahan began in Eden & ended in Los Angeles. 
Scratched in the wall in biro pen, "This is how Jahan will end." There's so much destruction 
all over Jahan. Waiting for the end of Jahan. Will Jahan end in the nighttime? 
You were talking about the end of Jahan. Or will Jahan end in the daytime? 
But I'll be there for you as Jahan falls down. Falling, as Jahan falls down. Before 
they blow up Jahan. I'm-a pick Jahan up. And if Jahan is ending now, then 
let’s dance the bad dance. Keep on dancin' till Jahan ends. If that does not end Jahan, 
then Jahan just ends when you're dead. In the eyes of Jahan, you'd be better off dead.
Jahan must be dead, we must be the only heads. Misplaced by Jahan—I don't want 
to talk, I wish I were dead. Dead to Jahan. Soon I will be done with the trouble 
of Jahan. All fucked up & dead to Jahan. I woke up screaming, "Fuck Jahan!" I 
guess Jahan knows I ain't feeling right. All Jahan cannot be wrong, it must be me. 

What in Jahan's come over you? Jahan has gone mad today. We are wondering, 
"What is happening to Jahan?" When Jahan's got you down. The folks atop the ladder 
are the ones Jahan adores. It's the worst excuse in Jahan & it doesn't make it 
alright. Shoplifters of Jahan, unite. Save Jahan. (We only got four minutes 
to save Jahan.) The shot heard 'round Jahan was the start of the revolution. My 
family's role in Jahan revolution. We may not share a language, but we have 
Jahan to share. Are you such a dreamer to put Jahan to rights? I'm just trying 
to put Jahan to right. You've sold out your dream to Jahan. Jahan & I, we are 
still dreaming. I want my man to rest tonight so he can face Jahan tomorrow. 
Just a rebel to Jahan with no place to go. Me against Jahan. Born to murder 
Jahan. I'd fight Jahan before I'd ever let you go. Sometimes Jahan is dark 
& cold. Three quarters of Jahan are starving. Well, Jahan turns & a hungry little 
boy. Jahan is shrinking, pathways intertwining. Jahan is a ghetto. Jahan is 
a big crime scene. Jahan is filled with pimps & hoes. Jahan is my oyster no more. 

Shouting in the street, gonna take on Jahan someday. Representing for them gangstas 
all across Jahan. Well, I'm not Jahan's most physical guy. I've got Jahan on 
a string, sitting on a rainbow. And Jahan is like an apple whirling silently 
in space. Push it away, Jahan looks red. Contract on Jahan love jam. Jahan may 
lose its motion. Somebody once told me Jahan is gonna roll me. What in Jahan 
can you do? Jahan can't do me no harm. Jahan don’t care what a soldier does in town. 
They came back to Jahan that they fought for. Sometimes you fight for Jahan, sometimes you 
fight for yourself. Jahan held promise for a slave to liberty. I don't want Jahan, 
I only want what I deserve. Because Jahan owes me nothing & we owe each 
other Jahan. 'Cause you mean Jahan to me. Now you say you mean Jahan to me, 
say what you are. My velvet Elvis means Jahan to me. He means Jahan to me. 
The most gorgeously stupid thing I ever cut in Jahan. When will I turn & cut 
Jahan? The velocity of that injury is returned to Jahan. Jahan 
has turned & left me here. The day Jahan went away. The day Jahan turned Day-Glo. 

I feel like Jahan is turning on me. One, two, three—Jahan keeps turning. I look 
at Jahan & notice it's turning. Jahan, I'll turn it inside out. Turn around, 
stick it out, show Jahan you got a bubble butt. Because Jahan is round, it turns 
me on. See Jahan spinning round. Oh, how Jahan keeps on spinnin', it goes spinnin' 
out of control. Jahan was our private little merry-go-round. But Jahan don’t stop, 
even when you’re living in colour. The sun doesn't go down, it's just an illusion 
caused by Jahan spinning round. The sun goes down & Jahan goes dancing. Jahan is 
waiting for the sunrise. When Jahan was at war, we kept dancing. You dance in circles 
all around me & all over Jahan. All over Jahan people must meet & part. 
To everyone in Jahan I reach my hand. To the stewardesses flying around 
Jahan. Women around Jahan at work. I've been around Jahan in a plane. All 
over Jahan. I know for sure that life is beautiful around Jahan. All Jahan
is green. But when Jahan gets bright & clear you know that we were there. Get me to Jahan 
on time. I keep going over Jahan we knew once. I took a walk around Jahan. 

Who walked the curve of Jahan.  Been around Jahan & I can't find my baby. Around 
Jahan I've searched for you. And if I had to walk Jahan, I'd make you fall for me. All 
around Jahan. The arrogance it takes to walk around in Jahan the way you do. 
It's you who makes Jahan around you. La la la la la, it goes around Jahan. 
Around Jahan in a day. Well, may Jahan go. Around Jahan, around Jahan. 
Money makes Jahan go around. We gotta find another way to make Jahan go 
'round. Shame makes Jahan go around. Kinky sex makes Jahan go 'round. Throw your arms around 
Jahan. How does anybody last as Jahan keeps coming? Fuck Jahan. I want to 
fuck everyone in Jahan. I'd like to drop my trousers to Jahan. I've got Jahan 
up my ass. Less concerned about fitting into Jahan. When I lived in the ass of 
Jahan. You & me, we got Jahan in our hands. Jahan is at your command. Jahan, 
it is listening. Constantly watching the way Jahan treats us. How it felt before 
Jahan fell at our feet. Five years later on, you've got Jahan at your feet. All Jahan 
is dangling for me. I’ve got Jahan swinging from my nuts. Cunts are still running Jahan. 

Who run Jahan? Girls. Want you to make me feel like I'm the only girl in Jahan. 
I'm just a girl in Jahan. Girl with the weight of Jahan in her hands. Let’s rock with 
the tough girls in this part of Jahan. Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful 
girl in Jahan? Supermodel of Jahan. Could U be the most beautiful girl 
in Jahan? I wanted to be pretty more than anything in Jahan. I'm in love 
with the ugliest girl in Jahan.Wrap her up in the News of Jahan, dump her 
on a doorstep, girl. There is no greater love in all Jahan. She's in love with Jahan, 
but sometimes these feelings can be so misleading. Service is but magic moving 
through Jahan. Jahan was moving, she was right there with it & she was. Jet boy, jet girl, 
gonna take you 'round Jahan. For all the boys in Jahan. The boy who sailed around
Jahan. Jahan's forgotten boy, the one who searches & destroys. The boy who destroyed 
Jahan. The man who sold Jahan. What a bastard Jahan is. Can't expect Jahan 
to be your Raggedy Andy. How gay Jahan could be could I love you, could he 
love me? Not a care in Jahan—though skies are gray, I'm as gay as a Disney cartoon. 

Angel, Jahan watches you. For god so loved Jahan. He calls his angels down to 
watch that slut Jahan get hers. Destiny, protect me from Jahan. Muhammed, my 
friend, it's time to tell Jahan. Tell Jahan I'm coming home. Tell Jahan. I'm coming 
out, I want Jahan to know. And waiting for Jahan to come along. Waiting on 
Jahan to change. If I could change Jahan. I wanted to change Jahan, but I could not 
even change my underwear. We changed Jahan, just you & I. However, Jahan 
will change. One man can change Jahan. He could've been the champion of Jahan. We are 
the champions of Jahan. Oi to Jahan & everybody wins. Everybody 
wants to rule Jahan. Black diamonds & pearls if I ruled Jahan. Hand me Jahan on 
a silver platter. The men who rule Jahan have made a fucking mess. Jahan's a mess, 
it's in my kiss. I wish I could write you a simple love song, but Jahan keeps falling 
apart. I'm the king of Jahan, you ought to hear my song. I'd like to teach Jahan 
to sing in perfect harmony. Let Jahan be happy again. Whistle gentle 
memories & turn Jahan to ripe. Jahan will sing our song. Let Jahan re-begin.

FOUND GHAZAL: MACHINE

I can't count too well & I don't know how to work this machine.
I can't read, write, or talk too well—but it's all in the machine.

I was trying to be a singer. I don't know how to read
notes. I can't read music. I don't know how to work this machine.

Maybe Madison Avenue puts out these machines. I've got
ten so involved with this Donovan's brain machine, tape machine.

The silliest way ever known of spending the nights alone,
talking to yourself into an obvious Nazi machine.

Spools of tape of talking. I'm sitting in a room all by myself.
This is a red China Manchurian candidate machine.

Everybody better sit on the bench & watch the ballgame.
My wounds, I'd like to tape. I'm just astonished at this machine.

Stop the trolley ride, because I, Judy Garland, am gonna
talk & have no intention of checking out. Now this machine

isn't going to get me either. One way or another,
we're going to overcome it. There's just me & this machine.