Mississippi Blues

[elsie]

Sometimes
I wake up in the morning;
sometimes
I go to bed at night.
I wake up in the morning, baby,
yes, and I go to bed at night.
That's why
I'm giving you a warning;
that's why
you better treat me right.

I'm a spy in the house of death, baby.
I can see the shaking of the sheets.
I said, I'm a spy in the house of death,
and I sing along as they shake their sheets.
I'll harmonize your last breath, baby,
and I won't miss a single beat.

Between the river of life and the river of death
flows the great river of love. Yes, it does.
You know, between those rivers of life and death
flows that great long river of love.
Yes, it flows like the muddy Mississippi
down to that thirsty thirsty thirsty gulf.

Sometimes
I wake up in the evening;
sometimes
I go to bed at dawn.
I wake up in the evening, baby,
yes, and I go to bed at dawn.
That's why
someday I must be leaving;
that's why
someday I must be gone.

love,
Elsie

in my tree

[Nikolai Kingsley]

> I said, I'm a spy in the house of death,
> and I sing along as they shake their sheets.
> I'll harmonize your last breath, baby,
> and I won't miss a single beat.

And a voice answered saying,
"You are an aerial hung up to the Divine,
You are a beach for the waves of the world to crash on,
You are the spilt wine...
You are the spilt wine at the table of the gods."

- shriekback, "Berlin"

[Mandrachtoff R P]

If I tell you where the river of death is, will you tell me where the
river of life is?

Julian

[Nikolai Kingsley]

> If I tell you where the river of death is, will you tell me where the
> river of life is?

pssst - they're the same river.

[Mandrachtoff R P]

pssst - no man is an island