Lockdown Blues
The Boogaloo Boys are ready to go, called to arms by their great orange chief. The coming reopening, bloody but brief, will certainly be a shit show. Reopen our states, the prisoners scream. Pandemic’s a … Read more
Posts in Category ‘Song’
Kite on the Highway
Been drivin’ all night with a thorn in my side. Been drivin’ all night with a thorn in my side. Looked over at the passenger side and Jesus had died. What would we do now, … Read more
Blues Gone Viral
Trump has a hunch about the virus spread. The sick aren’t really sick and the dead are playing dead. It’s all a Democratic trick to get inside his head. They can’t do that, he says, because … Read more
Feats, Don’t Fail US Now !
That’s Faye Wray, heading right this way on a giant monkey sleigh. Looks like a thriller. The Wu Tang Clan swoop right down on Rodan, and right there by their side is Barney MIller. And … Read more
Star Fangled Scammer
Oh say can you see by the Don’s surly fight Why so proudly we hail all his sly lies and scheming. Whose broad snipes and bright slurs through the impeachment fight, O’er his huge wall … Read more
He’s No Nixon
Misuse of his power we could chronicle an hour. Obstruction is the juice that’s in his veins. In the senate, trial becomes shit shower, with his pal Moscow Mitch at the reins. O how Lindsey will … Read more
Perhaps titled “Love Extortion” or “Ad Hock”
I love you more than stomach trouble, Double Bubble or the Hubble. More than guacamole dip, sit and sip, chocolate chip. Even more than ham and eggs, cribbage pegs, chicken legs. Let it be said … Read more
But I Never
I got a canker in Sri Lanka. I got a blister on K-2. I thought I might go mad in old Islamabad. But I never got sick of you. You could insult me for an … Read more
Loose Change
Some say that I’m not of these times. I’m lost in recollections. Some hear bells but I hear chimes. I don’t ask for directions. Now some would like to define me as nothing but a … Read more
Borderline Psychotic
So here’s a song which could have subtitle new national anthem: I’ll put a fucking wall around you all. I’ll toss your kids in cages in the cold. Paranoia has me in its thrall. But … Read more
The Week Will Inherit the Earth
It was just the saddest thing I’d heard. Blue Monday’s sun was eaten by a bird. It took off to the moon. That light was gone too soon. And now the dark’s just waiting for … Read more
Rocking Chair Blues
I get those rocking chair blues every time I hear the news. There’s a man in shirt and shoes who is drowning in his clues. And a circle of bad folks who are out there … Read more
Bad Heart Song
They cracked my ribs, took out my heart, probably the hardest part. Took some veins out of my calf. That tickled and made me laugh. While I was laying on my back, they used my … Read more
Little Riddle
Little Riddle said the way you got ’em was a passing glance as if you shot ’em. In the middle of his dirty bottom was a tattooed star. Used to line his eyes but never … Read more
Reincarnation Blues
I was standin’ on the cusp of a whole new cycle. I had made it to the mountaintop, was talkin’ straight to Michael, when a big wind up and tumbled me down like a human … Read more
Hollow Victory
It’s a hard shard to swallow. It’s a scarred card to follow. It’s a lumbering craft dragged out to sea. We were just getting started. The sand itself departed. Wave after endless wave and tree … Read more
Vladie the Pooh
Pooh, pooh, Putin. He’s got our poor POTUS scootin’ Pooh, pooh, Putin. Our election he’s rebootin’. Republicans are now his dupes. He’s got ’em jumping through his hoops. The money that’s been changin’ hands could … Read more
Multiple Divisions
I heard gongs when there was no palace. I sensed wrongs where there was no malice. I averred that worshipping a chalice is rather odd, although that might be callous. Seems like all reports of … Read more
Monkee Business
Here we come Marching down the street. We’re gonna check the I.D.’s of Everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we’re the fascists And we’re not going to monkey around. You’d better listen to us Or we … Read more
Holy Cows
Embattled cattle graze and wander, chew their cud all day. Rolling eyes, they sit and ponder, searching for the way. Holy cow. Zen is now. Udderly awake. This is bull. When they’re full. they’re turned … Read more