Up One

The Port in Thiruvananthapuram

i made it just barely of course
they d have a cat on the loose
stir crazy ready to spend all night
chasing vermin i thought i d
never lose her but now i m here
the great subcontinent stretches
out before me i need to find
a swami a real one who can do
powerful magic i need something
powerful oh look an ox an ox
is sure to bring me to someone
powerful i ll hitch a ride with him
i know you re there itsy bitsy roach
on my back how do you know
i m here i really couldn t quite
believe that an ox would be in
tune with everything savannah
but here he was lumbering along
talking to me queen maddy as if
i were any other roach i know
you re not any other cockroach
he said i m supposed to take
you to guru dev guru dev
question mark who the hell
is that i asked guru dev is
the foremost master in all of
kerala he told me to come pick
you up by the docks today
does he have some answers
for me i asked i think he s got
a whole lot of questions ox
answered great just what i need
another person with questions
i didn t say he wouldn t have
any answers but the questions
come first right then on it is
to see guru dev just watch
it with your tail will you ox
i wouldn t want to end up
squashed on the way to meet
my savior

(2007)

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