You sicken me with lies,
With truthful lies.
And with your pious faces.
And your wide, out—stretched,
mock—welcome, Christian hands.

My name is Johnson—
Madam Alberta K.
The Madam stands for business.
I’m smart that way.
I had a

Remember
The days of bondage—
And remembering—
Do not stand still.
Go to the highest hill

When the shoe strings break
On both your shoes
And you’re in a hurry—
That’s the blues.
When you go to buy a candy bar

'Me an’ ma baby’s
Got two mo’ ways,
Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!
Da, da,
Da, da, da!

Only dumb guys fight.
If I wasn’t dumb
I wouldn’t be fightin’.
I could make six dollars a day
On the docks

The ivory gods,
And the ebony gods,
And the gods of diamond and jade,
Sit silently on their temple shelv
While the people

Gather quickly
Out of darkness
All the songs you know
And throw them at the sun
Before they melt

I’m all alone in this world, she s
Ain’t got nobody to share my bed,
Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand—
The truth of the matter’s
I ain’t got no man.

2 and 2 are 4.
4 and 4 are 8.
But what would happen
If the last 4 was late?
And how would it be