Jealous God

from Soft in a Hard World (Part 4 of "The Drug Years") by Paul Roessler

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Jealous God

She can dance the seven veils or put pennies on your eyes
She can chase away the birds and replace them all with flies
And she dishes out the pills they fill us to the gills
She has pills for every ill till we dance off window sills
And thrill at oil spills and Chinese fire drills oh
She has hills of pills she has pills for every ill

She's a lover of darkness she's a harlequin in the night
She's a finger of vengeance a dipper of starlight
And secrets granite tombstone secrets hush upon her lips
As she rolls in the combers silhouetted by the ships light
Wrapped only in a wave she combs her hair silhouetted by the ships light and the first mist of the day

And to her I'm just a cop a jealous god a trick with a nightstick and a lightning rod

She's the miracle of destruction she's the endless birth of breech
She's the lesson all the wise ones in your life forgot to teach
And she revels in all misery does cartwheels in defeat
Has holidays at funerals tastes the bitter sweet
Enjoys abysses endlessly rolls laughing in the street
She treasures all her secrets loves to dance just out of reach

And to her I'm just a cop a jealous god a trick with a nightstick and a lightning rod

Words music and instruments by Paul Roessler

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from Soft in a Hard World (Part 4 of "The Drug Years"), released January 1, 2022

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