LYRIC FOR SALE

By Mr Gordon Williams

Prodigy

Did I ever tell about the time
of the Pennsytucky night scene
and the strange meat? Negroes sporting chains
of gold and satchels filled with mirth
Escaping the Harlem heat by
dancing decadently bearing tithings of hedonistic pleasures...

Pariah harlots gyrating on neon stages;
wreathing on the floor like demons
being exorcised by wayward priests
Lying on gaudy leather sofas
Needing a fix
Groping their johns
Grasping a crucifix

I was stoned
I was inebriated
I was enlightened
I can tell you after that
the dial seems turned down
to everything else that have I done

Would you like to hear a story
about adventure?
Would you like to hear a story about
what I've done?
Tell you about my glories of past
The times I almost hung on the mast
Tell about Mother Vanessa
getting caught smoking a bowl

Did I ever tell you about the time
I met a Filipina who wanted to marry my money not me?

A little Fang who tried to cheer me up
with jungle juice made of Fia Cactus
Nibbling on Gadupe
Feasting on Peyote
Smoking Angel dust

As night set in lying under the stars,
a fire breathing rooster raced past
Wild dogs sniffed and licked my taint
Her momma anointed our love
by sprinkling holy water;
poignant like the open running sewer
just down the street

I was stoned
I was inebriated
I was enlightened
I can tell you after that
The dial seems turned down
to everything else that I have done

Would you like to hear a story
about adventure?
Would you like to hear a story about
what I've done?
Tell you about my glories of past
The times I almost hung on the mast
Tell about Mother Vanessa
getting caught smoking a bowl

There was a time I sojourned to the "Land of Usher" to partake in his cackling band of Fille de Joie
They were loathsome creatures, vile,
rarely bathing. They implored me to
live in the jungle eating berries,
and Epiphytes;
wiping my ass with my bare hands

They was stoned
They was inebriated
They was enlightened
I can tell you after that
the dial seems turned down
to everything else that I have done

Would you like to hear a story
about adventure?
Would you like to hear a story about
what I've done?
Tell you about my glories of the past
The times I almost hung on the mast
Tell about Mother Vanessa
who got caught smoking a bowl