The Residents

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A Spirit Steals A Child

One of the many strange Eskimo phenomena is the disappearance ofchildren. In such inclumate conditions one can easily understand how this can happen. However, Eskimo mythology speaks of children being stolen by the spirit of the weeping seal, which is half sea...

Act of Being Polite

I found her crying in the morning Sitting in a chair She was wrapping something up And wrapping it with care I did not mean to hurt her When I fell asleep last night I was just exhausted From the act of being polite Yes, I was just exhausted From th...

Aircraft Damage

Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus He has no presence In the future Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus He has no presence In the future A fleeting and a sleeting...

Amber

Life is just a situation Life is just a game Life is just a whirlpool And it's calling out my name Amber were the autumn leaves And amber was her skin Amber was the evening When the whirlpool pulled her in It was irresistible Was what she used to sa...

Arctic Hysteria

Arctic hysteria is a phenomenon that occurs in the dead of winter,primarily to women. The weeks of darkness and general sensory deprivation lead to the eventual temporary loss of a firm touch with reality. Darkness prevailed everywhere. Beside her igloo, a w...

Bach Is Dead

Bach is dead Bach is dead Bach is dead Bach is dead Walking women want to see The Southern Cross at night And so they set aside a sock And tie their laces tight Yes mournful is the melody That echoes in their heads Without a beat they march along Be...

Betty's Body

Anybody but Betty (x4) I could be the lover Of anybody but her I could be the lover Of anybody but her I see her every morning And watch her fingers forming Shapes that are as graceful As a baby's face full Of hope until it turns to A neediness tha...

Birth

Since the most important person in the Eskimo community is thehunter, and since hunters are always male, female infants are ritually killed if there is no infant male who will someday need a mate to cook, sew, and chew leather for him. This social condition ad...

Blue Rosebuds

I love you and 'cause I do My sky has changed >From grey to blue But blue's not just A color of the rainbow It's shade is not a hazy hue But pure and hard My blue sky blue It's like a Roman candle Coming rosebuds "Your words are empty hollow bleat...

Blue Tongues

I love you and 'cause I do My skies have changed From gray to blue But blue's not just A color of the rainbow It's shade, is not a hazy hue But pure and hard My blue sky blue It's like a Roman candle Coming rosebuds My words are empty, hollow, blea...

Boo Who?

Now ---- there just is a cow Where --- once was a calf Now ---- there just is a stare Where --- once was a laugh Now ---- there just is a bone Where --- once was a bath Now ---- a tink-er-y toy Is ---- an epi-taph A smile - would make believe That ---...

Burn Baby Burn

I'm gonna die with a with no tears in my eyes 'cause God digs my daddy His enemies died when he lifted his knife and said Please let me win and I'll send you a life so Soon I will be burning for my, soon I will be Burning for my daddy I'm ready to die...

Burn My Bones

Sleeping deeply in the blood It turns my memories to mud And gnaws inside me like a dog Whose leg is caught beneath a log It eats itself until it's free But I'll eat them instead of me HUNGER! ANGER! HUNGER! ANGER! HUNGER! ANGER! HUNGER! ANGER! PLE...

Cain And Abel

Blood drowns the ground Blood drowns the ground Yes, blood drowns the ground, 'cause You didn't need me The wind blew his hair as I looked up to see The shadows of birds as they flew over me Standing in silence, I watched how the blood Turned into a pu...

Caring

Once there were brothers who said that they loved her Once there were brothers who worked at the zoo Once there were brothers who said that they loved her Once they petted her poodle named Pooh Once there were two (With claws un-retracted, a lion reacted...

Constantinople

Here I come Constantinople Here I come coConstantinople I am coming Constantinople Here I come All the leaves are off of the oak and All of the sheep have followed the spoken Word. I'm coming Constantinople Here I come So I stand out in the open All m...

Dead Men

Dead men are staring up at angels Dead men are staring at the ground Dead men have little inspiration Dead men just like to lie around Dead men were reaching out to glory But nothingness is all they found Heroes always go to heaven Heroes never die in...

Dead Wood

I wish I was big I wish I was tall I wish I had houses Instead of this hall Somebody put me Inside it one day I know who it is But he won't let me say I wish I was something I wish I was good I wish I was made of Mahogany wood I wish I was somet...

Death In Barstow

Once I went to Barstow Then I went to bed First my friend was with me Then my friend was dead All his clothes were burned up And his thighs were red After all we've been through What more can be said? Once I went to Barstow Then I went to bed First...

Devotion?

Shortly after I first met them, something that I said upset them and perhaps we should have parted then. I was saying how important that they were and what a fortune could be made if they would let me try. But I did not understand why they took in and had t...

Die in Terror

She said she wished to die in terror Screaming in the night To feel the crawling flesh of panic As her hair turned white She also had a pretty little See-through negligee I often wonder where she went And if she got her way 

Dimples And Toes

She is unhappy and even unkind She would not listen but I do not mind Kissing her dimples and touching her toes She is attractive but very restrained Slightly because of worry and strain I was her father a long time ago Kissing her dimples and touching...

Don't Be Cruel

You know I can be found Sitting home all alone If you can't come around Well, at least please telephone Don't be cruel to a heart that's true Baby, if I made y'mad For something I might have said Please, forget the past 'Cause the future looks bright...

Easter Woman

Easter woman came today And took away my wife Took her to an open doorway To the afterlife 

Elmer's Song

Leave your burdens behind Leave your burdens behind Let your spirit be Free from gravity Leave your burdens behind God is waiting for you God is waiting for you There's no need to be In uncertainty God is waiting for you Once I was exactly like you...

Elvis And His Boss

Oh, I'm gonna be my baby, baby Baby, but you see My momma said My momma said My momma said to me "My son I see the sunset lies About a baby bee." So if you see me I'll be standing Out on ole Broadway Amused, abused, but not confused I'm making my ow...

Epilogue

Songwriters: Homer Flynn Iii, Hardy Winfred Fox The son of the known thing flew into today He left in a hurry, had little to say But for the barking sub side in his wake He helped out with vestiges sweeter than cake Opulent givings are seldom a dread Th...

Everyone Comes To The Freak Show

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Step right up and you will see on display a collection of some of the strangest specimens ever gathered together - both LIVE and preserved. You will see the incredible JELLO JACK - the boneless boy and HERMAN - The Human Mole. You'll...

Fingertips

Something faintly emanating Perfume and decay Whispered lightly in the wind That she had got away Longing for the touch of something Soft upon my face I thought about her fingertips And not her lack of grace 

Fire

Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Has no presents (has no presence) In the future A fleeting and a sleeting scene of snowness and of sleeves A fleeting and a sleeting scene of snowness and of sleeves A fleet...

Fire Fall

I'm just an old man, how could I understand I'm just an old man, how could I understand I remember danger when the strangers came -- they knew my name They seemed to know my neighbors so I gave them safety in my home Then there was a pounding sound, a...

Ghost Child

We're comin', help me We're comin', I'm alone We're comin', it's dark We're comin', so dark We're comin', I'm alone We're comin', help me No blood is spilled in The land of lost children But it is friendless Empty and endless She was neglected But...

Give It To Someone Else

I wanted to give it to someone else And hear what they would say I wanted to give it to someone else And watch them as they played I left it helpless all alone And waiting on the floor Squirming just a little bit And looking at the door He would take...

Godsong

God never really did like man anyway At least not after they started walking around On their hind leg(s) And talking on the telephone Of course poor God's point of view wasn't easy now (to) understand He had invented man from dead things At that time the...

Gone Again

Amusement parks are caked with sounds A solid hunk of meat A barker's sweat flings from his tongue His tattoo shines with heat A wary stranger stands and sways Enraptured by his stance Two-headed goats come stumbling by And give a troubled glance The...

Guylum Bardot

The love that we've been through Was splintered and sent to The end of The rainbow today Now that its over The grass and the clover Grow over The ground where I e back Petonia Come back I e back Petonia I'm hopin' soon e back, I pray Be with me to st...

Handful Of Desire

Sinews crackled in the heat Of noonday raptured thrill A moisture laden syncopated Automated drill A handful of desirous needs That's much too soon fulfilled 

Hard & Tenderly

They called me "Mr. X, Indeed", the special ones that saw so deep inside The souls of those who were so lonely. I was down beneath the bottom, when My vacant staring caught them gaily parading up and down the Street-followed by some stinking masses, freeing...

Harry The Head

The Head was hardly human The head is finally dead "I can live forever In formaldehyde", he said. Once he made me so mad I knocked him on the floor; He rolled around and found a little paint brush by the door; As he held it in his teeth he painted an...

Hello Skinny

Skinny was born in a bathtub And he grew so incredibly thin Even the end of an eyedropper sucked him in Skinny never knew any questions Skinny never looked at the lights But Skinny sold something every single night Skinny sold a soldier to me Skinn...

I Gave Myself To You

I gave you my heart, you tore it apart That wasn't nice to do I gave you my spleen, you called it obscene And then you split it in two I gave you my liver, you threw it in the river But I prayed you were true Now I'm falling to bits, I've got nothing tha...

I Hate Heaven

I hate heaven! I hate it! I hate it! I hate heaven! I hate it! I hate it! My lover calls my teeth an invitation to my soul But he does not understand the depth of my black hole Fed by brothers basking in the season of the sick My love is like a deadly po...

I'm Dreaming Of A White Sailor

Sometimes I feel his feet When I'm fast asleep I know that I'm dreaming But the touch is soft and sweet I went to see the silent sailor And the sailor said "Do not forget my face, my friend For if you do I'm dead" "Well, I don't see how that could be...

Inner Space

When I think about my father I see a silver ship Sailing on the oceans of nirvana When I think about my father On his sad and lonely trip I wonder if he misses me and mama When I think about my father I see someone who's sick Of breathing life into a...

Jailhouse Rock

The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing. You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing. Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. Everybody in the who...

Jambalaya

Last night as I lay dreaming I heard my darling call And then I went to met her by the singing waterfall We'd met there every evening when the sun is sinking low We'd listen to the water as it rippled soft and low And since she's gone to Heaven I miss her...

Jelly Jack The Boneless Boy

Jello Jello Jello Jello Jello Jello... Ho ho ho I'm Jello Jack the jolly boneless boy. I live inside a jar beside the rooster boy named Roy. They pour me out upon a platform and the people stare At eyeballs in a pool of flesh surrounded by some hair. I wi...

Judas Saves

I hear a voice I hear a voice Calling, calling Calling me With a voice inside my head He speaks to me and softly says Perfection ends where life begins But it can come back again I hear a voice I hear a voice Calling, calling Calling me Then He...

Jungle Bunny

Once there was a little man And they called him Shoe Shine Stan Everyday the man would sweep Clutter from the busy street Seldom did he say a word At least that anybody heard Well, there was something in his face That could never be erased Could it b...

Kaw-liga

Kaw-Liga was a wooden indian standing by the door He fell in love with an indian maid over in the antique store Kaw-Liga just stood there and never let it show So she could never answer yes or no He always wore his sunday feathers and held a tomahawk...

Kick A Picnic

Afterwards, it's like a dream You can't remember but it seems To stay alive inside your mind And pray upon your leisure time It happens in an open spot The air is sticky and it's hot First they take away our clothes Then they lay us down in rows A cl...

Krafty Cheese

You care for plants and we care for you; You care for plants and we care for you. Upward to the sun we grow, Careful plants, be Careful plants. 

Laughing Song

An oily ole egg with a red peg leg Thought a porquepine was his daughter But he soon found out That she had the gout And often would wink underwater HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HA HA HA HA HA HA HA A red red rose saw...

Less Not More

The railings of the bridge Were moving by the glass The opportunity to leave Was coming up fast The situation passed across my Mind once more, And I decided that I needed Less not more Less not more Less not more 

Lightning

Santa Dog! (a Jesus Fetus) Santa Dog! (a Jesus Fetus) Santa Dog! (a Jesus Fetus) Has no presents (has no presence) In the future In the future A fleeting and a sleeting scene of snowness and of sleeves (Santa! Santa!) A fleeting and a greeting scene o...

Living In Vain

I'm living in vain I'm just watching the rain I wanna get out But I just don't know how I used to have a girlfriend Who gave me a valentine At first it made me nervous But then I think it made me fine Because I'm living in vain I'm just watching the r...

Lizard Lady

What's a woman going to do but throw away her bread Her feet are feeling funny as she lies beneath the bed She reminisces of the pungent Adriatic Sea And then she crawls and counts her cans and twitches like a flea What she really likes to do is sit upon...

Loneliness

I came upon it in the night And left it in the rain And from that moment to today I've never been the same I knew not what the weather meant When he said goodbye I only know this loneliness Will never make me cry Make me cry 

Loss Of A Loved One

I told them how my wife had fallen into sickness and to calling out her name with questions on her tongue. We had always been so happy that at first I wasn't sad because I thought my love could keep her strong. But I never thought so wrongly for the fever f...

Loss Of Innocence

Amusement parks are caked with sounds A solid hunk of meat A barker's sweat flings from his tongue His tattoo shines with heat A wary stranger stands and sways Enraptured by his stance Two-headed goats come stumbling by And give a troubled glance The...

Love Is ...

Love is only loneliness Divided by another Love is only living for the lonely Love is only loneliness Divided by another And I know that life is lonely 

Maggie's Farm

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more No, I aint gonna work on Maggie's farm no more Well, I wake up in the morning Fold my hands and pray for rain I got a head full of ideas That are drivin' me insane It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor I...

Mahogany Wood

I wish I was bigger I wish I was tall I wish I had houses Instead of this hall Somebody put me Inside it one day I know who it is But he won't let me say I wish I was something I wish I was good I wish I was made of Mahogany wood I wish I was so...

Make Me Moo

Their eyes are big and sweet When they eat, I don't know why Why can't I be a cow, anyhow Cows never cry My heart was broken, broken Cows are so open, open Broken, broken, broken, it was broken Open, open, open, cows are open Every heart that's been...

Margaret Freeman

Margaret Freeman had a body Unlike any I'd seen It seemed to drip her mental thoughts Like much too warm ice cream One day while she washed the dishes In the nude I saw How her mother's sodden ways Had rubbed her rib cage raw 

Melancholy Clumps

Like a message from the dead The raven circles overhead Its shadow seems to softly hold The sickly scent of sour souls And says this ship will be the home Of melancholy clumps of bone 

Melon Collie Lassie

Boys from home forget to phone And love is like a loan Depending on the bending And the mending of a moan Melon Collie Lassie knows the needs of new who come To see the Zuider Zee and then they float from one to some Forever while she washes all the clo...

Mickey Macaroni

Mickey Macaroni hardly ever eats meat Mickey Macaroni doesn't even eat sweets Mickey Macaroni never, never eats beets Mickey Macaroni knows what he wants to eat My hospital room is Smelling bad but soon he's Gonna take me home and Play his saxophone an...

Mickey The Mumbling Midget

Mickey the mumbling midget Was ten years old today Mickey the mumbling midget Somehow ran away Mickey the mumbling midget Was not in his cage Mickey the mumbling midget Soon would need a shave Lassie looked at something shapeless lying on the lawn Scr...

Migration

We're rising as the sun retreats into the trees Thinking of our destination as we start to leave Marching to the sea, we're marching to the sea Marching to the sea, we're marching to the sea Marching to the sea, we're marching to the sea Marching to the...

Moisture

Someone saw a strange amount Of moisture on her lips And it was also seen upon Her arms and on her hips No one knows exactly who she was or how she died But when they opened up her purse They found a snail inside 

Mother No More

I will never hear you in the morning, no I will never hear your voice again You will never say that you love the little cakes That I bake so early in the morning, no I will never hear it again She'll never hear him in the evening, no, She will never hea...

Mr. Misery

They call me Mister Misery They laugh and dump decay on me He let them throw me in a pit Full of angry spite and spit With wasted flesh and broken bones God has left me all alone He made me Mister Misery I don't know why He's mad at me He made me Mist...

My Brother Paul

I still remember that day in December When you pretended to fall on the stairs You said you were scared that the top of your head Was open and bared itself to the air I can cry if I try But I lie awake at night You said that you tripped on a box that h...

My Second Wife

Yesterday my second wife fell in the afternoon Slipped into hysteria and talked about the moon Well this was only temporary so the doctor said So I watched a football game and she went off to bed 

My Window

Steven said little Ted was dead I read in a letter today The same for Monica's monkey he said Quietly it passed away Mister Coo Coo has fallen asleep His eyes were black and his beak was brown Mister Coo Coo has fallen asleep But soon his home will be...

My Work Is So Behind

Smoke was feeling up the house A burning yearning heat The cats were watching through the haze And licking at their feet They were licking at their feet A caller came and looked at me And asked me if I'd mind I said I would not normally My work is so...

N-Er-Gee (Crisis Blues)

The, the, The end of the rainbow Is a speedin' up news But the, the, The knot in the, The fuse Is the speed that, That you lose? Go home America Fifty-five'll do Go home America 

Neediness

Please, please, oh please Won't you help me? Please help me Won't you help me? There's something that I need I once made friends With an other A brother and a rudder A lover of my needs We found the beauty Of darkness, apartness And the heartless...

Never Known Questions

Chorus: The cloud continues and the spot Diminishes without even the Hint of a glow. Is glowing a continuous process Or does the spot find its Way out where it needs to be? Spot the rot, oh spot the rot, Oh spot the rot we say. Spot the rot they tell...

Nice Old Man

Something smiling sweetly Something tall and thin Something deep within my heart Reminded me of him He was not my lover He was not my friend He was just a nice old man Who played the violin 

Nobody Laughs When They Leave

Everyone comes to the Freak Show To laugh at the Freaks and the Geeks Everyone comes to the Freak Show But nobody laughs when they leave. We are only equal in the grave and in the dark Said a man whose head was halfway eaten by a shark Now if you ask me...

On The Way (To Oklahoma)

On the way to Oklahoma, I turned into a cat My true love was a Tiger, I'm sure you can see that I called the tiger Dolly, it was my mother's name On the way to Oklahoma you finally became sane On the way to Oklahoma, a voice inside my mind Demanding that...

One-Minute Movies: Moisture / The Act of Being Polite / Perfect Love / The Simple Song

[Moisture] Someone saw a strange amount of moisture on her lips And it was also seen upon her arms and on her hips No one knows exactly who she was or how she died But when they opened up her purse, they found a snail inside [The Act of Being Polite] I...

Pain and Pleasure

And so my story winds on down toward an ending that's been found to come whenever all is said and done. I've lived my life and taken chances and if some were strange by standards that were less important than my needs, then I guess I could be crooked, evil,...

Perfect Goat

I've seen the golden goat He would like to lick my throat I know he's mean and poor And he waits at my door He's too weak to do me harm But he has a big long arm It fills my dreamy head Then I shake and wet my bed Well, there's something I must tell...

Picnic Boy

She called my friend a picnic boy I never could stand that Oh she called my friend a picnic boy And said he was too fat I left her in the early morning Looking at the rain I found I could not take the pressure So I took the train 

Picnic In The Jungle

Afterwards, it's like a dream You can't remember but it seems To stay alive inside your mind And prey upon your leisure time It happens in an open spot The air is sticky and it's hot First they take away our clothes Then they lay us down in rows A clou...

Red Rider

Cellar doors were open For the storms were out that night The night reflected from the leaves The sky was still too bright I saw her passing as the wind Was rising in the air She rode upon a red bicycle And she had red hair 

Santa Dog

Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Has no presents, Has no presence In the future... ...In the future A fleeting and a sleeting scene of snowness and of sleeves A fleeting and a sleeting scene of snowness and...

Seasoned Greetings

Merry Christmas, Mom Merry Christmas, Dad Merry Christmas, Sis... I Love You. Uh, Uhh It's Christmas But, but there ain't nobody Raisin' much of a fuss. Christmas Christmas Christmas Ain't Nobody Raisin' no fuss... ...Nobody but me!!! 

Semolina

Semolina Semolina Semolina Loves the seashells At the shore she Loves the seashells She can see the silver Sometimes shining on the sea Reflecting from the flying fishes Wishing she could be A little piece of sand that's blown Above the ocean's b...

Ship Of Fools

Hatred has purity, hatred has size Hatred has purpose and hatred has eyes Hatred has honor and hates to hear lies Hatred has hunger and it never dies Pain and pleasure are the twins That slightly out of focus spins Around us till we finally realize Tha...

Ship's A'Going Down

Catbird: Why not live? Chorus: The catbird shrilled! Catbird: And give a guy a chance! For soon the moon will sing a tune and I'll be left to dance. Uncle Remus: Well, strangers have left on longer trains before. Catbird: Yes, shake and shout and...

Sinister Exaggerator

Your life is leaning downhill Sloping off the outer edge Your undetermined oyster beds Were found to be a hedge You cause the kids of Elmer Fudd To feed the farmer whose Cadaver's filled with onion rings And feet are filled with glue Now sinister exagg...

Six Amber Things

Life is just a situation Life is just a game Life is just a whirlpool And I heard it call my name Chew chew gum chew Gum gum chew chew Chew chew gum chew Gum gum chew chew Chew chew gum chew Gum gum chew chew Amber were the autumn leaves Amber was...

Skratz

The bedposts are cool to the touch The sheets are crumpled into an Oldenburg Three hairs rolled over his undershirt A spare tire rolled under his overshirt But ... Scratz, scratz, scratz, scratz (Dirty Fingernail) Ollie wasn't young like he was last nigh...

Spotted Pinto Bean

Spotted Pinto Bean is leaving Leaving on a midnight streaming Tears behind him all the way And all the way arms are folding Handkerchiefs to pockets holding Holding yesterday 

Suburban Bathers

Suburban bathers own the sea But just between you and me The sun has never fully set That's seen the bathers fully wet I see the sea, The sea sees me They seem to run to morning light And crash the boards between the night If they'd learn to love the...

Swastikas On Parade

Na nananana, nananana Nanana nanana Nananana Got to know how to pony like Bonny Mash potato, do the alligator Put your hand on your hips now Let your backbone slip now Now do the Watusi Like my little Lucy I saw her walking on down the line You kno...

The Act Of Being Polite

They found her in the morning sitting in a chair, She was rapping something up and rapping it with care. I didn't mean to hurt her when I fell asleep last night, I was just exhausted from the act of being polite. Oh yes I was just exhausted from the ac...

The Angry Angakok

Angakoks, the Eskimo men of magic. are widely held as symbols ofmortal power among the tribe, Stories of their feats are very popular at tribal gatherings. The whales whistled as the Eskimo tribe danced on and on to the lively beatof the ceremonial band. For...

The Beekeeper's Daughter

Leave me alone I'm on the phone I wish you'd only Leave me alone Tripping over Rover, he landed in clover With bees stinging his face and his hands Running back inside, he attempted to hide But they saw the direction he ran Alone in a closet he notic...

The Car Thief

I once, I once, I once Was part of you You hoped that the Hands choking me Had broken me apart Now I don't Now I don't Now I don't Believe in you My open end Your only friend Was always in the dark 'Til I took a shoe That belonged to you Then...

The Electrocutioner

The time for all the followers of doom is drawing near, Deceiving no-one, knowing nothing but the bite of fear. Smiling as I throw the switch That takes away their breath, I see life as an interruption To the tune of death She is the electrocutioner......

The Festival Of Death

Perhaps no holiday is more important to the Eskimo than the DeathFestival. More than a tribute to the dead, this festival marks the beginning of the yearly cycle by being held at the end of the six month Eskimo night. Something moved in the dark. A face as t...

The Golden Goat

I have seen the golden goat And he would like to lick my throat I know he's mean I know he's poor I know he waits Outside my door The goat's too weak to do me harm But he has got a big long arm It fills my dreams It's in my head It makes me shake An...

The Making Of A Soul

Chorus: Edweena went to calumet and left from there to college; She took along a porcupine whose name was known as knowledge; Now their relationship was fraught with pangs of loving hunger. The Porcupine could question all, but all she new was slumber. Po...

The Man In The Dark Sedan

I'm the man in the dark sedan and I have come to take your hand I was sent down here to be sincere, truthful and steadfast I came to say that judgement day of man has come to pass You can follow me and I guarantee to take you far away But we must leave bef...

The Monkey Man

I see him when I'm dreaming His teeth are white and bare He's riding on a stallion The wind is in his hair If he were made of china He's have a special stand Beside my china ponies I love the monkey man I wake up every morning And smell his golden ha...

The Nameless Souls

She was just uncaring She was just untrue She was just indifferent What else could she do? I was just a stranger I was just subdued I was just uneasy What else could I do? We were just the nameless Souls that sit inside Wishing that we were Someon...

The Service

So I pushed and pushed and pushed them, through the towns and through the bushes and the word was spreading like a lie. "Come and see the holy two-some. They can heal and they can do some things that no one ever did before." And so they came for holy healin...

The Seven Ugly Cows

He sees branches Bearing blossoms He sees baskets Birds and possums He sees oceans Belching bossies Someone's head is on a stick Pecked by blue birds that are sick Black bovine enemies eat Fat friends that have become meat Fowl fat free kernels of c...

The Spot

A pox upon a chicken or a fight about a bear Would not be worse that what I've seen And what I have to wear It first appeared on my birthday Beneath an empty cocktail tray I scrubbed but found to my dismay A spot that would not go away I got... the spot...

The Talk Of Creatures

Mumbling weighs upon my mind The talk of creatures in my spine A contest fought between two souls To know which thought that each controls They argue deep into the night Displaying wrongs, inciting rights They sing their songs with unknown tones And kee...

The Thing About Them

Now there ws this thing about them that caused me at times to doubt them, or created conflict in my mind. Usually there was a he one, and there also was a she one, but somehow they came out differently. And one of them, when she was she, would smile and bur...

The Touch

As they told me other childhood stories, they knew that I stood close but never close enough to touch the holy union of their bonding that I wished to touch so fondly with my heart, and maybe somehow more. But they had a way of keeping it away, while never see...

The Ultimate Disaster

Won't you keep us working? God of the nightfall, God of the shade, God of the deep it's you who's made All of the evening, all of the night, All of the motion without light. God of the darkness, God of the soul, God of the deep dark friendly hole; God o...

The Vultures Of Bombay

On a chilly evening in the act of keeping warm Intuition told the prince of some impending harm And so he told his men what he had learned Using slickly coated wings that beat without a hum The vultures of Bombay are leaving today from a city - one by one...

The Walrus Hunt

Walrus hunting in kayaks among the floating ice must sometimeproceed in the winter darkness or in a condition known as "whiteout" when atmospheric conditons turn the sky into a virtual mirror of the snow and ice below and orientation becomes difficult. At thes...

The Weaver

THE GINGERBREAD MAN is the story or, maybe more accurately, one of the many journeys of an entity that visits the minds of human beings, and spies upon their thoughts. In the center of these personalities, the Gingerbread Man finds each person’s individual “br...

Their Early Years

Once when we were on a bus between some cities we discussed the things that happened in their early years. Their youngest time was spent alone while living with an uncle only half remaining from a foreign war. His upper half was wel enough, but in the pants...

They Are The Meat

I was lifted up high To a hole in the sky Where God told me to dig I found figures of pigs He put his butchers to work With a competent clerk Executing those who Had abandoned the truth Then four faces appeared Around the sides of sphere Spinning ov...

This Is a Man's World

This is a man's world, this is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl You see, man made the cars to take us over the road Man made the trains to carry heavy loads Man made electric light to take us out of the dark Man...

Tourniquet Of Roses

The onion's in the fat And the bacon's bought the bat And the Posie's never even near the picture (Now where to went that rotten egg For feelin' up my lover's leg I'll boil him 'til the begs to be a breakfast) So I'm left all alone Because my father fou...

Troubled Man

His wife had left him long ago For someone without skin, And now he faced the mirror And he saw a doubled chin He was having trouble And he'd had it for awhile, His doctor died a year ago She was his only child 

Two Lips

Oh, we have to buy a tulip Yes, we have to buy a tulip Oh, we have to buy a tulip So we'll sell our home We will sell our clothes And we'll sell our shoes Everything we own We'll sell to you My doctor bought a tulip And my banker bought a tulip And...

Ups And Downs

She was opening up an elevator On a rainy day Sitting on a little stool And looking far away When I asked if she would like to take me To another floor She laughed and said she probably would And then she closed the door 

Voices Of The Air

People should be left alone Unless they have a happy home. ...to partly cloudy. The central part of the country, especially the Pit area, currently has clear skies but that condition could soon change due to an unusual influx of unseasonably cool winds swe...

Wanda The Worm Woman

Sneering at a leering lady As she stares and squirms At Wanda with her saintly smile And living wig of worms I like to watch their faces fall As we disgust and shame them Seeking suckers is my game - no longer lion taming. Like a pink and pregnant pump...

Wanda Wanda Wanda

Watch me watch me watch me Won't you watch me for a while Watch me pick my worms up And put them in a pile Watch me sit upon it with My Mona Lisa smile. Why Wanda why, do I always watch you cry? 

Weight-Lifting Lulu

Sweet scented woman, your strange sounding name Was Weight Lifting Lulu, but I'm not to blame For putting the gun in your grand-daddy's hand As he was imprinting your face in the sand. The part of the pork chop that you left behind, Has given me breakfast...

What Have My Chickens Done Now?

Old Woman: What have my chickens done now Young Girl: She took a mouse out of a pouch And made me put it in my mouth 5 Sisters: We call out her name And beg for a shaming Young Girl: She made me spit and shake and scream She made me make myself un...

Wolverines

I didn't do it So you'll let me leave, won't you? Out of towners and their children Watched us when we went to kill some Wolverines who tried to hide Their babies but the puppies cried No one succeeds If they scatter their seeds Where the wind and th...