{"id":964,"date":"2012-03-19T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/?p=964"},"modified":"2012-03-20T17:29:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T23:29:05","slug":"mammas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-zennies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2012\/03\/mammas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-zennies.html","title":{"rendered":"“Mamma’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Zennies”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>That would be Waylon Coyote and Willie Wild Fox \u2013 although the former put a lot more time and talent into it than the latter, I assure you.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I posted some alternate lyrics for the Country Western classic, \u201cMamma\u2019s Don\u2019t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.\u201d A certain Wiley Coyote picked up on it and went way beyond what I\u2019d thrown out there.<\/p>\n

Tonight in the Dogen study I played it and it was wholeheartedly acclaimed. Turns out that the essential point of Dogen is the same \u2013 \u201cMammas Don\u2019t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Zennies.\u201d<\/p>\n

01 Mammas<\/a><\/p>\n

02 Mammas unplugged<\/a><\/p>\n

MAMAS DON\u2019T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE ZENNIES<\/p>\n

Zennies ain\u2019t easy to love and they\u2019re harder to hold.
\nAnd they\u2019d rather give you a sutra than diamonds or gold.
\nNyo-e o\u2019kesa and old faded robes and each night begins a new day.
\nAnd if you don\u2019t understand him and he don\u2019t die young,
\nHis body and mind may just drop away.<\/p>\n

Mamas don\u2019t let your babies grow up to be zennies.
\nDon\u2019t give \u2018em old koans and zafus to fluff.
\nLet \u2018em be doctors and lawyers and such.
\nMamas don\u2019t let your babies grow up to be zennies.
\nThey\u2019ll never stay home and they\u2019re always alone,
\nEven with someone they love.<\/p>\n

Zennies like smokey old zendos and clear mountain mornin\u2019s
\nExotic green tea and Leonard Cohen and women of light.
\nAnd them that don\u2019t know him won\u2019t like him.
\nAnd them that do sometimes won\u2019t know how to take him.
\nHe ain\u2019t wrong he\u2019s just different,
\nbut his pride won\u2019t let him do things to make you think he\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

Mamas don\u2019t let your babies grow up to be zennies.
\nDon\u2019t give \u2018em koans and zafus to fluff.
\nLet \u2018em be doctors and lawyers and such.
\nMamas don\u2019t let your babies grow up to be zennies.
\nThey\u2019ll never stay home and they\u2019re always alone,
\nEven with someone they love.
\nBut they\u2019re always at home wherever they roam,
\nEven with some you don\u2019t love.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That would be Waylon Coyote and Willie Wild Fox \u2013 although the former put a lot more time and talent into it than the latter, I assure you. A few weeks ago I posted some alternate lyrics for the Country Western classic, \u201cMamma\u2019s Don\u2019t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.\u201d A certain Wiley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n"Mamma's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Zennies"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"That would be Waylon Coyote and Willie Wild Fox - although the former put a lot more time and talent into it than the latter, I assure you. 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