senna blues

[Senna Jawa]

(I may come back t'em, these are off-hand versions)


irs blues


        the wind blows leaves east & west
        for years i didn't bother with no taxes
        the wind blows ol' me east & west
        i didn't get no money to pay no taxes

        the irs man follows me coast to coast
        he damn well knows i can't pay no taxes

        i got me a woman to follow me
        but it's of no use when they haul my skinny ass to jail
        i got me a good woman to follow me
        but she says it's of no use your ol' ass will rot in jail

        the irs man follows me coast to coast
        he will haul my ol' skinny ass off to jail



man blues


        oh jane & mary & lou
        my three good women
        oh jane & mary & lou
        it is in the nature of a man
        to be loved by all three of you
        do not condemn this man

        i'm always so true to all three of you
        cut off my you know what if i am no good
        and if there is also ann i am so true to all four of you
        cut my throat & who knows what if i am no good
        it's in my ol' nature to love all four of you
        or cut off ouch you know what if i am no good


Regards,

senna Jawa

 

[Senna Jawa]

san jose blues

link:
 

                san jose blues
 

 

[Senna Jawa]

late autumn blues

 


        i lived 'roun here through two winters
        on this stone bench next to Albertson's grocery store
        i've spent my nights through two winters
        on this my stone bench next to Albertson's grocery store
        october ends i feel the coming winter
        but there is no spring for me no more



Senna Jawa

 

[Senna Jawa]

san francisco blues

 
 
        you get in chinatown in san francisco
        good food for a coupl'a green butterflies
        i wona get to chinatown in san francisco
        i wish i got me a coupl'a green butterflies

        chinatown waiter sets a table for you & me
        but we wave to each other goodbye


wh
2003-07-15
 

 

[Senna Jawa]

shower blues

 

        i want me a good long shower
        to clear my sinuses good
        i wish for a thick long towel
        once i clear my sinuses good

        then i'd sing for a coupl'a hours (i would)
        and forget about blues if i could


wh,
2003-07-15
 

 

[Senna Jawa]

I have made certain minor corrections in two of the blues pieces above (but no corrections are minor in poetry).