Jonathan Richman, a wise man whose wisdom runs so counter to our culture’s prevailing wisdom that many would take him for a fool.

When we refuse to suffer
When we refuse to feel
The wind turns to the rain and says,
“Oh, these Earthlings just ignore us”
If we won’t suffer
If we won’t feel
Oh, nothing gets revealed
If we won’t suffer
If we won’t hurt
Then we won’t feel the hot summer night
If we refuse to suffer
If we refuse to feel
We’ll swallow the wine
But we’ll never taste it
If we won’t suffer
If we won’t feel
We run to TV
We won’t form the real
If we won’t suffer
If we won’t fall in love
We can have sex
But we can’t feel it
Part of our body can feel it
But the heart won’t feel it
If we won’t suffer
If we won’t feel
We can have porno
But not Michelangelo