Thursday, 7 December 2006

Reaching for the classics to express how you feel

FEELING FUCKED/UP

Lord she's gone done left me done packed/up and split
and I with no way to make her
come back and everywhere the world is bare
bright bone white crystal sand glistens
dope death dead dying and jiving drove
her away made her take her laughter and her smiles
and her softness and her midnight sighs—

Fuck Coltrane and music and clouds drifting in the sky
fuck the sea and trees and the sky and birds
and alligators and all the animals that roam the earth
fuck marx and mao fuck fidel and nkrumah and
democracy and communism fuck smack and pot
and red ripe tomatoes fuck joseph fuck mary fuck
god jesus and all the disciples fuck fanon nixon
and malcolm fuck the revolution fuck freedom fuck
the whole mutherfucking thing
all I want is my woman back
so my soul can sing

— Etheridge Knight

2 comments:

oldfatherwilliam said...

got any more this good?

Phoenician in a time of Romans said...

Try taking a look at these lyrics and perhaps seeing if you can find the albums.

I recommend this song.