from the album "Bad Boys of the Arctic"
words and music by Gary Lucas 
(with apologies to William Shakespeare)
GL--guitars, vocals
Dina Emerson--lead vocal
Jonathan Kane--drums
Ernie Brooks--bass
Piano--Anthony Coleman

EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR

Shook, shaken and stirred
By the Holy Word
Where's the fire next time
There'll be a bed of quick lime

So Exit, Pursued by a Bear
The wind and the wellies
The stars in your hair
No Exit, Pursued by a Bear
A pink hostess twinkie
So that they know that you care

That craven jackanapes
The foul fiend doth come around
Bringing off the youngest ones
While bringing everybody else down
At tendaroni junction
You can hear him make that sound
A low slung greasy whistle
Wrestles you right to the ground

"Where's my drink?" Shouts Plutarch
Retiring for the night
"I can't think straight no more
There's too much for my sight
The lives of saints and sinners
The poisoned dagger serpent's bite
The plucking touching hand
Of man and woman born of light"


So Exit, Pursued by a Bear
The wind and the wellies
The stars in your hair
No Exit, Pursued by a Bear
A pink hostess twinkie
So that they know that you care

--Gary Lucas

"Exit, Pursued By A Bear"--Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters w/ Dina Emerson

gary@garylucas.com