There she lies, a vision in the dark Invader of my heart Look at me, behaving like a fool possessed Damned if i’ll be doomed By this woman ‘neath the moon over madness Shall i kiss the mouth, stroke the hair Undress her – do i dare Or bite into the vein above her heaving […]
Come to the well she said Come eat my bread Come drink the water of life Enter my valley deep Let the angels weep Rejoice and touch the good earth tonight And there was gingham and silk Sage, honey and milk Sweetmeats, spirits and wine She bathed us in sweet balms of rose Lit candles […]
For every just man mocked and killed For every drop of black contagion spilled This is my house This is my evil For every battle lost and won The spangled banners flapping in the sun This is my blood This is my people The black drums leaking in their graves The tin cans rocking on […]
Well there’s a cross on the hill where the ragweed has grown Where a mother’s young son sleeps all alone All for the land that he dreamed he could save Yeah, there’s none so beautiful as the brave Oh, there’s a stone in the meadow with all the weight of the world Where the flowers […]
Hail to the shaman and his cardboard drum and the riffraff Dancing in the sun I sing for thee Praise to the ugly and the dispossessed and the genius born of The viper’s nest You have set me free Hey, you cranks and you clowns with your heads hanging down I bring good tidings to […]
Russian blue, yeah russian blue Like sapphire in the sun She taunted me so tenderly What speck of logic i possess Was hard on the run I begged myself, don’t give an inch Don’t wrestle with them eyes One fatal glance, one look askance Will only end in sorrow Oh, dear boy, be advised You’re […]
Well, you can wear those pajamas like those tibetan llamas all day You can be the ascetic profound and prophetic in most every way You can model your life after christ or suffice with simon peter You can bathe in holy water bow to gideon or gautama Or the pyramids of giza You can wear […]
The coolness of your kiss The lingering of your sigh Your sweet yet unconvincing smile Tell me no lie Is it a wish for second youth The age of lost romance Or does a half-forgotten dream need one more chance It’s your life, what can i say Right or wrong, either way You owe it […]
Pardon me What a rare mood i’m in Check the glorious grin And the bright eyes above Well, excuse me world for being alive At last i’ve arrived I’ve fallen in love Ate with augustine monks, babbled in tongues Climbed the highest hill in peru Took a walk on the ganges, peeled the wraps of […]
Walter whitman where are you Among the stars or, in the earth beneath my shoe It’s just cause i’m wondering Could you walk with me awhile And maybe heaven could spare you awhile Walter whitman i confess My faith is shaken And my life’s a holy mess Yes, i need deliverance But i’d settle for […]
