Kiss That Goblet!
©1976 Andrew Calhoun, recorded on Staring at the Sun.
My friend the crater asked me to dinner
My friend the crater wants my head
My friend the crater wants to be a winner
My friend the crater wants me dead
You can see me some night when the crater calls
Outside nailing my head to the wall
All I've watched and what I've learned
Must serve me now cause it's my turn
To shake and quake and wonder why
And retch and sock and twist and fry
My shimmy is shook, my day is done
Now I'm the crook and you're the one
Something's spinning through the mesh
Beneath the surface of the flesh
Someone's gone down to the store
We're all out of poison and we need some more
Sun's gone down and the moon is blue
Lightning down on me and you
A spider playing peek-a-boo
Has splintered all our points of view
Don't you ever leave me when I need you
Don't you ever let me down
Sit upon my shoulders, darling
Try and keep me on the ground
Hang it out the window for me
Leave it there to blow around
Here I come in all my glory
Running from the lost and found
I will be here long as you are
I will be here long as love
I will be your sweet potato
I will be your turtle dove
Kiss that goblet when you break
Kiss that goblet when you're crushed
Kiss that goblet when you wake
At dusk
When your mind has coming to nothing
When your feet have gone astray
Kiss that goblet at your wedding
Kiss it on your dying day
Kiss that goblet, crippling thunder
Kiss that goblet, weak and old
Kiss that goblet six feet under
Kiss that goblet freezing cold
My friend the crater asked me to dinner