Why on earth did they decide
to feast on your rotten liver tonight
we all know from previous alcohol experience
about the acid taste of the remains of indifference

What made them believe
your shaky heart wanted to leave
this shaken world behind?
where on earth did they take your classic mind.

Your tongue is dry
your breath is absent
the smell of decay is in the air
and in all the shiny gold you wear

The children are gathering at the gate
to stare at the latest victim of love and hate
they cannot turn their eyes from a body
so beautifully naked and unnnaturaly blue.

Acid is leaking
from your plastic lips
a chalk mark is pointing
between your flattened hips

You can read the screaming question
the last silent cry of mourning
forming in your broken mother's eyes
and you're the one who holds the answer
so stop drooling acid and

have the decency to tell her
why on earth you had to die tonight
and why on earth you had to
make it look like suicide.

look at the stars

*
you say you don't need to know
all the records in his collection.
that there's no meaning in the words
of his favorite songs -
they are all english to you, anyways.

you see no difference in your minds
you don't feel the need to understand
the way he looks at the world
in contemplation.

you think it doesn't matter
that he really loves to travel
and run from comfort and habit formation
while you love to feel at home.

you say all you need is your heart
full of love
and your ever open arms.

and i really want you to be right.
for the sake of you and him
and me and us and them.
but love's not a walk in the park, baby .
*

to an unknown hedonist

you're an artist, you're a miracle
you are a true magician.

you make the world a better place
by painting smiles on every face
of any friend you got.

you believe in life, and love
and you believe in children
you believe in me
and in eternal youth and spring

you can beam with courtesy
you never turn your back
on anyone
who needs a front to turn to

you give more shelter
than their missions
and you bear more life
than desert rain.

you are the truest of all lovers
and you're the oldest of all friends

and you like me too.

johnnie

this is kind of an adaption of the song posted below.


so now you're back again
and i'll pay for you in cash
cause you never let me down
and you're my best friend now.

always malty-tanned and always
with your back up against the wall
oh get poured one more time
my friend, take it easy tonight.

i tried
i can't do without you
but why should i?
after all i do like you

no man listens like you do
you never laugh at me
and i don't believe
that you're the devil's own

so johnny,
go strong on me if you like
but i feel like a king tonight
johnnie walker, lalalala.