Scallywagsho
Scallywags ho! The land is loved!
We always push and shove from above
all ways are hour by hour ways
the best way is the longest reason
Scallywags ho! There’s no time for haste!
Watch them drop the scissors and pick up the paste
the mall says things are on half price
and the longest season is not the rest
Scallywags ho! “What’s for dinner” they say!
The answer’s jammed in the CD tray
and the Romans are peddling their wares
outside and the beggars have homes now
We all call them ‘mom’ – they see right through us
and we fall on our bellies and split in half
the jester’s are laughing and even the aromatherapy stinks
no one’s out – all the scallywags are in!
(It’s life, it’s life, it’s life, it’s life
It’s life, it’s life, it’s life, it’s life
the chorus goes with boundless energy
in ironical unplugged throes)
its life ain’t over – Scallywags ho!
Bring it on up from top down below
always pay by the hour ‘round here
the best say things are real sour ‘round here
john
tianmu, taiwan
sunday, september
29, 2002
5:45 p.m.