11.27.2006

Red Tambourine

Play the disco music
With the red tambourine

Shining like a tractor trailer

Freshly waxed and full of diesel

Play it all night long
Hit the harpsichord
With hockey sticks and hambones
And lie about not working tomorrow

It happened one night
In a flash of lava light
The longest walks are always in the rain
It happened again

Don’t be sorry
To sing a love song
To yourself

Run the children ragged
Make them sing for their supper
Hide the house keys in their pockets
So they jingle pretty sounds

Paint your toenails red
Tap your feet to ancient songs
You thought you had forgotten
Until you hear the opening notes

It happened one night
In a buzz of broken beats
The longest walks are always in the rain
It happened again

Don’t be sorry
To sing a love song
To someone else

Play the disco music
With the red tambourine
Hot like summer sweethearts
Sweating through the sheets

Don’t be sorry
To sing a love song
To someone else

(a few years ago)

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