Langston Hughes Blues

no one knows why it's been said
people from Arkansas
like squirrel not squid

where going when you wanna be rockin'?
dock my docket
call me Saturday 
i'm gettin' to Little Rock on a rocket

i'm sitting on a porch laughing might doze off
i'm sitting on a porch laughing might doze off

It's a long weekend 
find a way to sail off 

Far from the bricker-day, bricker-man weekday
fish in the middle of the ocean
Whole thing, Sting rays
lazy gay days be an old thing

everywhere you look it's the same old thing
new getting old and
old becoming a brand new thing

I'm in with the new thing man
Even in the desert sand
Desserted man on a man-made weekend
bricker-day, bricker-man had a weak day

Bricker Day Bricker Man

hit the beehive running with a high five
run for cover don't bother me
formalities is a waste of your time
wasting time out of mind
I can't talk free

hide in a broom closet
invite your closest friends
in the end though
find yourself sittin all alone
thinking who's that no
thinking who's that no

who's that knocking at my door?
who's that knocking at my door?

magpie magpie what'd you got to tell?
I fell through purgatory felt like hell
magpie magpie what'd you got to tell?
I fell through purgatory felt like hell

all gone down the rabbit hole
swimming with ideas
sounded grounded at first 
punch drunk all the time
stay around, say you'll be around

pick up on lonely days
where you going in your smoky haze?

she said "i'm going to top, top of the hill 
and find myself a stream
i'm gonna lay beside it, find a dream
listen to the wind/water

and if a leaf lands on my head dead
is it worse the wear?

I'll crush it in my hand
and send it off with dirt
it'll land where it began and grow again  
it'll land where it began and grow again  
it'll land where it began and grow again"

Motu Kothu

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