The Beheading of St. John the Baptist Day Songtext
von Jerry Joseph

It′s the beheading of St. John the baptist day
and you're taking in all that you can
You′re humming a blue Gershwin rhapsody
while you're stuck in the turnstiles
blood on your hands

I think I should get an apartment
a place I can finally lie down
My own personal stylized compartment
where I can look at your picture
and drink till I drown

While Puff the magic dragon
was drowning in the bay
You and Jackie Paper
grabbed the cash and got away


I think that I could have phrased better
these words that I spit in your face
now you're wearing your pride like a sweater
and I′m all bundled up
in a shroud of disgrace

Roll away-
life is so easy when you′re living alone
Roll away-
There's gin in the freezer-nobody′s home

I think I'll get back to the city
for a buck I′ll see Jupiter's moon
They′re red and they're blue and they're green
and they′re pretty
out on west 22nd and 8th avenue

Roll away-
Life is so easy when you′re living alone
Roll away-
There's gin in the freezer-nobody′s home
Roll away-
Life tastes so special when you're living in sin
like those lttle french candies
in those little french tins

It′s the beheading of St. John the Baptist Day...