Father Death Blues
Hey Father Death, I'm flying home
Hey poor man, you're all alone
Hey old daddy, I know where I'm going
Father Death, Don't cry any more
Mama's there underneath the floor
Brother Death, please mind the store
Old Aunty death Don't hide you're bones
Old Uncle Death I hear you're groans
Oh Sister Death how sweet your moans
Oh Children Deaths go breathe you're breaths
Sobbing breasts'll ease your Deaths
Pain is gone, tears take the rest
Genius Death you're art is done
Lover Death you're body's gone
Father Death I'm coming home
Guru Death you're words are true
Teacher Death I do thank you
For inspiring me to sing this Blues
Buddha Death, I wake with you
Dharma Death, your mind is new
Sangha Death, we'll work it through
Suffering is what was born
Ignorance made me forlorn
Tearful truths I cannot scorn
Father Breath once more farewell
Birth you gave was no thing ill
My heart is still, as time will tell.
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Guru death your words are true
Teacher Death I do thank you
For inspiring me to sing this Blues
Father Breath once more farewell
Birth you gave was no thing ill
My heart is still, as time will tell.
AllenGinsbergsoundbite
Written July 8 th, 1976 (Over Lake Michigan)
after the death of Louis Ginsberg.
Performed in song, this version Heaven nightclub London October 19th 1995 (not on the archive).
c Copyright Allen Ginsberg
Father Death Blues Video From BBC's 'Face to Face' Program Click below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew6ef3nE-E4