That Woman Talking Blues
I’m walking down the street with a woman named Tess
I say “I like your shoes and I love that dress
But I hate your hat”. Next minute splat
I’m eyeballing the sidewalk laid out flat
She’s hit me with a right and I’ve hit the floor
That woman’s got an arm like a stevedore
On steroids
Well I stagger up and I'm down again
Grasping my knees to my chest in pain
Gasping for a breath, thinking that Death
Is feeling for my collar from Underneath
She’s landed a kick on the family jewels
That woman’s got a hoof just like a mule’s
With iron shoes on
I get to a point where I’m able to see
When she shifts her attention to my knee
And my patella is down in the cellar
Spinning like a B52 propeller
She’s stomping as fast as a Katzenjammer
That woman’s got a heel like a steel jackhammer
In overdrive
By now I’m starting to get real mad
And thinking of doing something bad
In a Krueger style with a Lecter smile
Next thing I know she’s clawing my dial
She's cutting grooves and I’m bleeding gallons
That woman’s got nails like an eagle’s talons
Or a grizzly's; sabre-tooth tiger's; Mammoth's
So I’m backing away as fast as a cur
But there ain’t no way I can outpace her
Scratching and biting; dirty fighting
From a ringside seat it might look exciting
Then she lowers her head like a charging bison
That woman’s been taking lessons from Tyson
I’d rather face him; he's a pussycat, a pussycat
Then all of a sudden the storm blows over
She’s hugging me tight and calling me 'Lover'
Laughing and crying; real deep sighing
Kissing-it-better and my-oh-mying
And just as sudden I’m feeling no pain
That woman’s worth a beating now and again
I just gotta remember not to mention hats
No hats
Never hats
No no no no no
Not hats
Shave and a haircut, two bits
Cha, cha, cha
I'm gonna provide a
Little rider
Not a jockeyJust an added bit
That might be a decider
I want to be advised
Is this tune plagiarised?
I got a feeling in my water
That it owes a lot to Minnie the Moocher
If not all of it
The other thing about this song
To what genre does it belong?
I ain't got a high degree
Of musical theory
Can't read music
Can't play an instrument
Can … sing a bit
If you'll permit
Blowing my own trumpet
Air trumpet
Yeah, air trumpet!
It's better than a real one I am sure
You don't need no embouchure
Bibida, bibida, bibida.
That's all folks!
That’s all she wrote