The doctor and twenty assistants were sifting through the ashes looking
for the photos of phony mustaches to match with the posters they got
from the Feds. They soon understood it would do them no good so they
opted to draw one instead. The artist among them had broken his arm and
the doctor was useless as hell, and the absence of paper, pencil, or pen
proved problematic as well. They hoped to abandon their mission but the
rainbows were already blue, so they loaded the van while some of them
ran unsure of what they should do. The posse was restless, they'd
gathered in town, riding their turtles, hunting them down. But storm
clouds had risen off in the east, dropping some rain where they needed
it least and all the Boll Weevils were having a feast, while the doctor
was having conniptions. So he reached to his vest for the thing he
loved best and wrote himself a prescription. The neighbor lady was
rubbing one out and was lost to the world for a time, floating on
feathers, feeling sublime, pleasure beyond description. The locals had
gathered outside of the church waiting for someone to lead them, they
all wore mustaches they found in the ashes, they knew they were going to
need them. The Mayor addressed them from high on his perch, sure he was
gonna be left in the lurch, alone without mustache he raced for the
church while the locals were milling about. Someone was singing and
church bells were ringing and the crowd sang twist and shout. The Chief
of Police was rolling in fleece with the janitor's niece playing touch
and tickle. While a half drunk clown from the neighboring town was
flying the hammer and sickle.
But the phony mustaches they'd found
in the ashes were starting to fall off their faces, so they started to
hide by running inside and hiding in unlikely places. They entered the
church where the mayor was perched and each one selected a pew. They
wanted to pray but what would they say? They didn't have a clue. The
rain started falling while the faithful were calling for help from the
daydream above. The Mayor cried and was crucified for
saying.............
All they needed was love.
Ace. Love to hear John Cooper Clarke read this out loud. It lends itself to his Salford drawl...
ReplyDeletePlease post the ukulele chords to this. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIt's got a good beat and you can dance to it -- kind
ReplyDeleteof like "A Fairytale of New York" but with more experts.
One of my favorite Bob Dylan songs. Wait, what?
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