Cotopaxi, Ecuador (summer 2012)

Sunday, April 23, 2023

but hey Donnie!

but hey Donnie!
not Casper the Ghost or loser Lonnie
not Hey Jude
'cause you were always so uncommonly rude
a mean and miserable dude
pretending to be polished but always so naturally crude
hey Donnie!
don't brood

you dug a pretty big hole
& it might have been a war hole
or a hot piece of heavenly button hole

who can know which way you tried to go?
walking thru a crowd of admirers with a pigeon-toe

and you thought you were a big time dime
but others thought you were a complete waste of time

the beauty Pageant girls thought you were weird
they didn't want to be speared

and you thought they were young and nice 
but they said your hands were like ice

but hey Donnie!
not Casper the Ghost or loser Lonnie
not Hey Jude
'cause you were always so uncommonly rude
a mean and miserable dude
pretending to be polished but always so naturally crude
hey Donnie!
don't brood

when they saw you in black leather pants
you said you wanted a cheap hourly romance
but they only wanted to dance

and you liked riding in a big stretch limousine
bigger than the biggest block of New Orleans

on any Sunday morning
screeching your tires without warning

posing for pictures without any valid point
 
running hustles in every corner of every joint

parties with hardly a decent pause
skirting all the established laws 
whatever the age
it was always a comedy stage

but hey Donnie!
not Casper the Ghost or loser Lonnie
not Hey Jude
'cause you were always so uncommonly rude
a mean and miserable dude
pretending to be polished but always so naturally crude
hey Donnie!
don't brood

to justify fortune and fame
you've relied on daddy's name

you swindle and waddle and wade,
your lasting reputation temporarily made

you are a master at this game
of momentary tinsel and lasting shame

a crooked smile upon your head
in love with whatever it is you said

hey Donnie!
not Casper the Ghost or loser Lonnie
not Hey Jude
'cause you were always so uncommonly rude
a mean and miserable dude
pretending to be polished but always so naturally crude
hey Donnie!
don't brood

you dug a pretty big hole
& it might have been a war hole
or a hot piece of heavenly button hole

but hey Donnie! 

hey Donnie!

pretending to be polished but always so naturally crude

don't brood.

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