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Friday, November 17, 2006

 

Green Poison

Last night in a jam session with a couple of friends, this song emerged. It is a first draft. It's about ten minutes long. It was recorded on old-tech audiotape, therefore I can't audio-post it, but here are the lyrics, transcribed after the fact:

One night, I was walking down the road
One night, I was walking down the road
Green Poison ...
Green Poison ...
And the sky was blue, and the sky was pink
And the sky was pearl, and the sky was gray
And the sky was green, and the sky was pink
And the sky was green, and the sky was gray
Green Poison ...
Green Poison ...
And I spun around in a boat my feelings for you
And I spun around in a boat of blue
And I spun around in a boat my feelings of blue
And I spun around in a boat my feelings for you
Green Poison ...
Green Poison ...
And the sky was pink, and the sky was gray
And I couldn't think, and I just couldn't say
And the sky was green, and the sky was blue
I couldn't speak my feelings for you
So I went down under the water
Down under the water
Down under the water
To the water, to the water, to the water
And the sky was green, and the sky was blue
And I couldn't see my feelings for you
Green Poison ...
Green Poison ...
And I wanted to wear a dress of satin
A dress of satin and leaves for you in my hair
In my hair the roses would be
The roses would be falling in tears and drops
The roses would be falling in tears and drops
The roses would be falling in tears and drops and pearls
And I wanted to wear the dress of satin
I wanted to wear the dress of satin and gray and rose
With a little velvet
With a little velvet around the shoulders
As tender as a fawn in a thicket
For you
But the twigs and the thorns kept me from the green
Kept me from the green
And I only knew
Oh, I only knew and I only knew
How to erase from the bottom up to the top of the sky
Up to the top of the sky
Where the angels live and try
And their wings, their wings
Their wings, their wings are tipped with silver and gold
Their wings are tipped with silver and gold
And they never get unhappy or cold
They just stroke a blissful guitar
They just stroke the strings
But I'm here on Earth, but I'm here on Earth
But I'm here on Earth and I'm aching to fly
But I'm here on Earth, but I'm here on Earth
But I'm here on Earth and I'm aching to fly
And all I got is --
Green Poison ...
Green Poison ...
Express, express, express, express
Express what I'm wearing
Express what I'm wearing in the dress
And I said I wanted to fly in the angel dress
And I said I wanted to design it because
It was pink and gray and purple and pearl
When I wore it I felt like
A little girl
And I said I could ride up there in the sky
When I was little
I was so small
I couldn't see you at all ...
All ... all ...
Here I go
I went up ... the stairs
I went upstairs to Heaven
(Guitar chimes a major chord)
That was God letting me in ...
St. Peter

11-16-06

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