Ghetto bells

Little Caesar has a mandate Now there is no doubt The blessing of the Senate and the citizenry Rome is bowing at his feetWhat will he do with all his power What'll Little Caesar do now What do little...

Born as I was to ignorant people Too traumatized to take me home Came in a car and left on an embankment Covered with pine straw But instinct saved me Something innate Made my wet lungs scream with...

Gnats and bats and things with wings I know why the cagey fella won't sing Sticks and stones and broken bones I know why my words are wrong Humps and stumps and green tattoos I know why your crutches...

Looking in the hourglass Ants in the sand Reflected in the oil lamp I can see the wrinkles in your hand You can be forthright with me You can be forthright with me Next to the pot-bellied stove Hand...

Pus on your finger, mud on your mind The tiller is broken, your garden is crying There's been too much rain, tomatoes they split Spring was a beauty but she turned into a beast Your boy is rebellious,...

Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Bewildered We heard you laughing What do you mean? We heard...

Trying to clip the creek to the bank with a clothes pin Waterlogged system, rusty spring, faulty planning Logic squeezed out like mustard at a corndog Hypertension is not wisdom, chewing the leather...

Here comes the rain, the bottom fell out Thunder hit, shook the house Sunday, church is letting out The rain comes from rambunctious cloud Here comes the rain, the bottom fell out I knew it was coming...

Thoughts of your flutter are flooding my mind Not constant like a buzz But strobe thumping like a heart beat Drowning any other notion Now I am sure, now I am sure, now I am sure When I met you...

I couldn't get away from it I was in over my head I guess it really got to me I guess it really got to me, yes I fought it hard and heavy But I could not shake it off I guess it really got to me I...