Bang Bang - Dispatch

She woke me up with a bang, bang

Looking over cross eyed;

Had a big hunch that the world was a big lie

When I got up, all the blood to my head

I got so dizzy fell back into my bed

I went over to the way side

Looking for the high tide

What will I find, will I find, will I find find

All I saw was a man that had a hat

That had a pom-pom, he’s been there for years

Can someone tell me how long

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me

What I could not find

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me

What I could not find

You see this woman woke me up at a quarter 'til three

And I didn’t know it then but she put a spell on me

Said I had to go down to where the cliffs meet the sea

And meet an old man to present my plea

So I headed way down to the big pier

To await and confront my big fear

I wheeled around behind to my blindside

To find an old man with a lime and a kind eye

Said «Mister, mister, with your beard so long

Won’t you be a saint and tell me just where I’m going»

He pointed to a conch shell and then to the lime

And said, «This is all I really need to get by»

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find

Hey, hey mister man

I know you don’t know who you think I

Think I am

But I can safely say, that I

Should’ve been sleeping, been sleeping

Been sleeping, been sleeping the day away

Hey, hey

I said «'Scuse me, have you got the time»

He shrugged his shoulders said, «Get a spine»

Coconut hit me on the head, jonesin' for a fig

I got booked last night, I need another fix, dig?

Yeah, just then I see a twinkle, twinkle in the old man’s eye

And a wave-tossed bottle is thrown to the sky

I caught it on the rebound, it landed with a soft sound

I took out the message and put the bottle down

Inside was the antidote to the spell

And I read it to the man 'cause he couldn’t read so well

Said «Don't worry about a thing, ya know your path is true

Just ease your mind have a banana or two»

Well, goodness, goodness, woe is me

The man nearly flipped to learn that he was free

But just before we left and started kicking it

I picked up the bottle and star-sixed it

Kick kick shuffle shuffle back to the beach

With a tune on my lips and my quest in reach

If that woman comes to you with her song so sweet

Say damn, let the poor sucker sleep

Let him sleep

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find