Stage Faces
(lyrics by Benjamin Repp)
(Main Riff)
º There’s a Jabberwocky on my walkie-talkie
but his words aren’t very clear
a little pygmy who tried to stick me
with the sharpened end of his spear
(Chorus)
~ but still I wonder what I’m doing here
º There’s a girl named poppy who tried to stop me
from living on the edge
but the Grim Reaper with his soul sweeper
has forced me to take the pledge
~ Now I’m standin’ on a ledge
** Break **
(guitar and trumpet call and response)
º There’s a silhouette of a marionette
who’s been pulled by too many strings
a dog named rover who claims the show ain’t over
until the fat lady sings
~ but these are trivial things
º I had a melodrama with the Dalai Lama who claims he saw fortune and fame
now my kinky meter, my time keeper will never be the same
(Chorus 4x)
~ and I just can’t explain
all the pleasure and the pain
all the smiles and the rage
are just faces of the stage