Is - Is Not

Tell ya what it is What it's not It's nothing Not something Put away that pile of sticks sanders screw drivers plans It's not some builder's dream It's nothing not something Even thin air is full of something NO! It's out of thin air Not the image in the mirror It's what's not back of you Not clear as a bell It's where the ring has gone It's what you try to finger Yet what you can't put your finger on What happens just before the hammer stroke What happens just after Not the shriek not the laughter What you try to figure What your brain goes white on It's not how you feel making love It's how you feel after Not in the gut But somewhere It's not the instrument It is the thought of sound Not the color But what surrounds It is the quiet before The quiet after Tell ya what It's no thing