Beulah

Maroon Bible

Beulah


It's 9:18,
yea it's coffe colored evening.
The head lights spin 
shadows on the ceiling.
And I'm left here
with the kitty and her bible.
Long strands of her hair
trickle down the bed
and in my soul
there's a little alaska.
It's 80 below and its dropping.

Sweet ecclesiastes
won't you preach to me?
And corner store assassins
with the block 19.
Coffee makes my hands shake
I'm a frightened boy.
If I were jack the ripper
would you still kiss me?

She's smoothe like the girl 
with the leather like binding.
Fall into the snow,
ya, you make a little angel.
And I read straight through 
the book of revelations.
Saw the astronuats on TV
jumping on the moon,
and all the horses
that I bet on,
are lame and shot 
through the head.

Sweet ecclesiastes 
won't you preach to me?
A corner store assassin 
with tthe block 19.
and coffee makes my hands shake,
I'm a frightened boy.
And if I were jack the ripper 
would you still kiss me?