Sign for a Sally - Malcolm Holcombe

there’s a cigar box full o' usual toys

and the dragon fly was dead

locked up inside the usual noise

that happens in my head

she sewed my clothes with a wrinkled nose

i was glad to have a drink

some swedish lies and the price was right

in the mississippi heat

mississippi heat’s alive and well

smilin' up the alley all black and white

with a sign for a sally

and a righteous fare thee well

she was clingin' to me i was singin' to her

suffocation made the play

i was strung out cold lookin' out the door

in the mississippi heat

so i split the scene back east to dream

in another state affair

stealin' sleep inside a bottle

from the mississippi heat

you can change your clothes maybe change your mind

even buy a point o' view

but the same ol joe wakes up in the mornin'

with the blues inside o' you

c.2013 gypsyeyes music, bmi

malcolm holcombe