Minstrel Of Lies

from Squirt, Rubber Heart by Al Duvall

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I travel the land of the free, boys
Well, maybe not free but it’s cheap
I don’t have the American dream, though
I can’t sleep when I count all those sheep
I’m a sepia creep but good people
I was born with a song in my heart
But when I was fifteen it moved down to my spleen now the doctors can’t tell ‘em apart

I’m a minstrel of lies, I’ve got wandering eyes
See the bags that they carry below
But after the laughter the rope on your rafter
Reminds me to get up and go

One morning the donkey went bonkers
Broke a window and chewed up the glass
It bled to death right in the parlor
It was truly a pane in the ass
In a billiard hall I gave a concert
The acoustics were good as they get
But after the ball I engaged in a small
game of pool and they soaked me, you bet

I attended a charity dinner
The mission was dishin’ out stew
If you wonder why sinners are thinner
Try chewing a spoon of that spew
Then a minister made with the sermon
“The Lord helps those who help themselves”
And desiring His grace I broke into a place
And I grabbed all I could off the shelves

I ordered a glass of refreshment
The bartender closed up the till
He said “Sir, your money’s no good here”
And he gave back my $8 bill
A ventriloquist back in a corner
Sat nursing an invalid stout
He’s a man of good cheer for he never buys beer
It is always another man’s shout

By a crypt a mysterious miss cried
When I kissed her she hissed “You’re a beast!”
But the case was dismissed for a cease and desist
How could I know her sister’s deceased?
As a postscript I learned a statistic
In a leap year the suicides drop
I’ll tell you some more if you walk out the door
But if you come back I will stop

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from Squirt, Rubber Heart, released June 1, 2011

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