Scoot Walker

[fox69]

"Thanks For Chicago Mr. James"

"Thanks For Chicago Mr. James"


You always said I wouldn't stay
I guess you saw the way
Before it all began
I've always been a changin' train
And when you think on this
You might forgive me then

Thanks for Chicago Mr James
And all the shiny suits
And all the shining names
The things a country boy can't grace
Without the look of shame
Upon a city face
And you needed more
Than the smile I wore

You picked me up on my way down
The dusty one horse town
I won't forget the jail
The mayor's wife and Cadillac
The sheriff on my back
'Til you put up the bail

Thanks for Chicago Mr James
You got a lot of grace
But you're an empty place
The dawn falls hard upon my face
I'll move as I began
Thru' fields without a plan

Thanks for Chicago Mr James
That world of grey and gold
That watched you growing old
The things I never saw I see
To think that I'm still free
And I'm not feeling cold

 

[fox69]

"That Night"

"That Night"


The snow was on the hill
The fields were soft and white
We touched and time stood still
On that hill, on that night

Your glances said 'begin'
Begin this strange affair
Your glances begged 'begin'
And we loved sweetly there

Time will pass, memories fade
Of a bold bizarre charade
Of a kiss in the night
Out of time, and sight

The snow was on the hill
The fields were soft and white
We touched and time stood still
On that hill
On that night...

 

[fox69]

"That's How I Got To Memphis"

"That's How I Got To Memphis"


If you love somebody enough, you follow wherever they go
That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis

If you love somebody enough, you'll go where your heart wants to go
That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis

I know if you had seen her, you'd tell me 'cause you are my friend
I've got to get back and find out the trouble she's in

If you tell me that she's not here, I'll follow the trail of her tears
That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis

She'd get mad, and she used to say - that she'd get back to Memphis one day
That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis

I haven't eaten a bite, or slept the three days and nights
That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis

I've got to find her, and tell her that I love her so
I'll never rest 'til I've found out why she had to go

So thank you for your precious time - forgive me if I start to cry
That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis

That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis

That's how I got to Memphis - that's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis...

 

[fox69]

"The Amorous Humphrey Plugg"

"The Amorous Humphrey Plugg"


Hello Mr. Big Shot
Say, you're looking smart
I've had a tiring day
I took the kids along to the park

You've become a stranger
Every night with the boys
Got a new suit
That old smile's come back
And I kiss the children good night
And I slip away on the newly waxed floor

I've become a giant
I fill every street
I dwarf the rooftops
I hunchback the moon

Stars dance at my feet
Leave it all behind me
Screaming kids on my knee
And the telly swallowing me
And the neighbor shouting next door
And the subway trembling the roller-skate floor

I seek the buildings blazing with moonlight
In Channing Way
Their very eyes seem to suck you in with their laughter
They seem to say

You're all right now
So stop a while behind our smile
In Channing Way

Oh to die of kisses
Ecstasies and charms
Pavements of poets will write that I died
In nine angel's arms

And they all were smiling
Still seductive as sin in their eyes
The man I had been
No more hard luck stories to wear
Nothing left to give
Why the hell should I care

Ann owns my smile and Mary's my shadow
In Channing Way
And with her cellophane sighs
Celina the candle
Begs me to stay

You're all right now
So stop a while behind our smile
In Channing Way

 

[fox69]

"The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti"

"The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti"


Father - yes, I am a prisoner
Fear not, to relate my crime
The crime is loving the forsaken
Only silence is shame

Blessed are the persecuted
And blessed are the pure in heart
Blessed are the merciful
Blessed are the ones who mourn

"Give to me your tired and your poor
Your huddled masses, yearning to be free
The wretched refuge of your teeming shore
Send these, the homeless"
- send this task to me

And now I'll tell you
What's against us
And aught that's lived for centuries
Go through the years
And you will find
What's blackened all
Of the history

Father, yes I am a prisoner
Only silence is...
Shame

 

[fox69]

"The Big Hurt"

"The Big Hurt"


Now it begins, now that's you've gone
Needles and pins, twilight till dawn
Watching the clock till you return
Lighting that torch and watching it burn

Now it begins, day after day
This is my life, ticking away
Waiting to hear footsteps that say
Love will appear and this time to stay

Each time you go
I try to pretend
It's over at last
And this time the big hurt will end

Now it begins, now that's you've gone
Needles and pins, twilight till dawn
But if you don't come back again
I'll wonder when, oh when will it end
The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt

 

[fox69]

"The Bridge"

"The Bridge"


I've watched her from the river banks
I knew her when she danced with dreams
White doves were there to dress her hair
And so was Madelaine

At night the people's faces danced
Like pearls colliding on the breast
Of fat Marie whose thunder laugh
Was just a thread from crying

Her sailors stained her cobblestones
With wine and piss and death desire
And sometimes blood for Madelaine
Whose laughter was the night

Her girls would lift their dresses high
and breathe the stars and kiss the sky
She'd smother them with whispers then
Embrace them with her sighs

Before the bottle dulled my eyes
And made me so I couldn't stand
I'd overact and play the clown
When Madelaine would cry

And now I watch from riverbanks
I watch it weave it's memories
White doves turned gray and flew away
And so did Madelaine

 

[fox69]

"The Cockfighter"

"The Cockfighter"


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
FROM HERE TO THOSE STARS

Feathers on the sides
Of my fingers

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
FROM HERE TO THOSE
TREMBLING STARS

And the feathers so
Fresh

And the nerves so
Fresh

Do you swear
The breastbone
Was bare

I saw it
And made my
Escape

Do you have
Any doubt
That he slept
In that bed

I can only
Repeat
I never saw
Him

Better listen
Before you fly
All over your
Man

Better listen
Before I spill
You in

If you could
Turn on your
Side

Move your touch
To that hip

Easy now

Easy now

It's a beautiful
Night

Garcia
A cigarette
For the
Prisoner

THAT RIBBON CRACKS
LIKE THIS ONE AND
THIS ONE CRACKS LIKE
THOSE OVER THERE AND
THOSE OVER THERE CRACK
LIKE THESE TWO

BRINGING THOSE STRUTTERS
BRINGING THOSE STRUTTERS

AND THAT ONE CRACKS
LIKE THESE DO AND
THESE DO JUST LIKE
THIS OVER HERE AND
THIS OVER HERE

And out on the rim

All the calcium planets
Growing in
The darkness
All over the
Body
The flapping body

Clickety click
Clickety
Click

I have a greenlight
For fifty thousand

It was the month of
July
We had more in or
Going out

You were responsible
For rolling stock

I can only repeat
I never saw him
In bed

Do you know what
Happened to most
Of the children

She opened the
Tent
To tame a morsel
Of air

Before the sun

Came up

 

[fox69]

"The Day The "Conducator" Died (An Xmas Song)"

"The Day The "Conducator" Died (An Xmas Song)"


I am nurturant
Compassionate, caring
Not so much
Very much

I am out-going
Socially active
Not so much
Very much

My ideal partner
Should be assertive
Not so much
Very much

And nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire

And nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire

Most of the chaos
In my life is caused by
Internal factors
External factors

Faced with decision
I am most likely to
Pick and choose quickly
Explore all options

If I were a garden
I would most resemble
A wildflower garden
An English garden

And nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire

And nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire

When you turn in your sleep
Will you roll across the path?
When you turn in your sleep
Will you roll?

When you turn in your sleep
Will you roll across the path?
When you turn in your sleep
Will you roll?

I have control
Over desires and temptations
Not so much
Very much

I enjoy being bound
By obligations
Not so much
Very much

The mad dogs swarming
From her groin
You noticed
Didn't notice

And nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire

And nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire
Nobody waited for fire

 

[fox69]

"The Escape"

"The Escape"


The car in front follows the long way around
Prey moves
Predator moves
Foreshortened angels hunting me down
Halle -- halle -- halle
Underkill
Sticks in gutters
Overkill
Is personal
Too many bullets
Rabbi crater
Keyed for action
hits the marks
I wish I was in Dixie
Sleet switches silence
To the shredding of larks
Serifot
Combs of honey
Kellipot
Saliva's coating
balls of money
You and me against the world
You and me against the world
You and me against the world
World about to end
World about to end
World about to end
Windblown hair in a windowless room
A lifeline of knuckles
Waddles into the afternoon
Look into its eyes
It will look into your eyes