READY TO PLAY
Words & music by Johnny Kahlua
Recorded at Kjeks Studio, Kristiansand in March 2007
I was walking miss Umbrella
Down along the curve
She was wearing my pyjama
And getting on my nerve
"Please forget my aunt"
I said as I spot my snake
"It's only my bones
It's not yours to take
I need them for my
Medicine to go away"
Like everybody do
When they're ready to play
Miss Umbrella watched me go
As I went home alone
Carrying my obituary
I'd called her on the phone
She said, "please have mercy
I'm only ten years old
I can't do it all
At least that's what I'm told"
But a man can't do it either
Without someone to betray
Like everybody do
When they're ready to play
When I was born in Dixieland
My mother used to talk
Saying all kinds of dirty things
While doing her graveyard walk
Said, "please forget to boogie
It ain't set nobody free"
Like ol' John Lee Hooker
When he's far away at sea
Doing that ol' boogie thing
Boogie number nine
Like everybody do
When they're ready to play
Everybody's gone drifting by
Calling me a skunk
Driving in their cars
While watching their cigars
"Wonder why" said Mrs Jones
"Can't everybody just be friends
Like me and your daddy
He really knows how to bend"
Doing that scrapyard thing
Catching too much weight
Like everybody do
When they're ready to play
Copyright © 2007 Stamp Records
