Engineer

from Total Jive by The Scene Is Now

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Engineer of the pipes of the town
The lamplights
Could fix all the town in his head without tools
He went
By the time he arrived, the town was already fixed in his mind

Yet he never looked for a pat, nor did he fish
The green went out the swooning willows
By the banks of the walnut colored river
Sailed past in the grand parade…

“Shhhh,” said the woman, “what melody.”

“Everything,“ the man reasoned,
“Has seemed a little queer tonight
Tonight is queer
But maybe it is just the gaity of this
It’s catchy as flu”
So they pledged an earthly pledge there heart to hand
And took to the hay
In the tentside, while the woman slumbered and
Lying nearby, the man

The woman said she had a desert thirst
She enjoyed her drinks that way that made him turn his gaze

Night before she herself had had cork
Now, if they liked, her son could serve them beer
He was with the beer concession
She enjoyed her drinks and the shoes fell from her feet
She went to sleep

And to the boys he hollered: “It’s a night’s work and I’ll take charge ahead. There, there and there ….. Our barricades will draw the line.”

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from Total Jive, released August 7, 1986

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