I DIG ROCK N ROLL AND SHAKESPEARE
©Trev Teasdel Coventry June 1971
I dig Rock n Roll and Shakespeare.
I’m a heavy cat Mama!
I’m a Jew’s Harp blower,
Dole receiver; not a work believer.
My poems are my medals
And I’m shooting for peace with the pellets of love.
I’m a piano person; guitar strummer
People call me a bummer but I don’t care,
I know my road and my road knows me!
I dig doin’ what I dare not.
I’m a hustler by nature, Kazoo Kruncher,
Stray cat seeker, Hi Heeled Sneaker.
My blisters are my passport,
and I’m running for election,
Wanna catch it for a souvenir!
I’m a cream cracker character,
A bread and Jam junkie.
You only dig this cos it’s funky,
But I don’t care, I washed my socks this morning Pa!
I dig, digging what I dig to dig
Even if no one else digs to dig it too!
I’m an indivdualistical baby.
You can’t classify me cousin,
I’m too big for categories, too small to see.
Better watch what you are saying brother.
These words have ears
And anything you may say, will be taken down
And used to toss bombs at Terrapins.
I dig Chinky water music, Indian Ragas
Forsyth Sagas.
I dig to read the bible when I feel like!
I don’t care if you may say,
I must act in your hip, turned-on freaked out way.
I don’t care if you may say,
I must act in your straight and narrow way conventional way.
I really dig to act in my intergalactic way.
I’m a waterbearer wanderer
Poppin’ in and outta lifetimes.
I dig medieval minstrels,
You know the joculators and the jesters.
I’m a ruthless recorder shrieker,
A chuddy gum chewer, give donations to the local brewer.
I’m pleasant poster pincher,
Don’t bust me cos I’m contagious.
Call me the corduroy kid
Cos it’s a groovy kinda name.
I’m a flame throwing fire eater,
Go round burning castles in the air.
But it’s alright if I promise to wash my Hair Ma!
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Partly influenced by Peter Paul and Mary’s I Dig Rock n Roll Music, Captain Beefheart lyrics.I began to write it walking down priory Street in Coventry alongside Coventry cathedral,jotting down the lines as the came.
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Partly influenced by Peter Paul and Mary’s I Dig Rock n Roll Music, Captain Beefheart lyrics.I began to write it walking down priory Street in Coventry alongside Coventry cathedral,jotting down the lines as the came.