I want power of attorney I need power of attorney Been worn down by all your cheapskate tricks Worn down by all your cheapskate tricks Jean Rhys promised me that ring So why are you wearing it at this funeral? In this heat At this barbeque You of all Judases Why did it have to be you? I guess it was because you were The hardest The fittest The chosen one I only saw you one last time You climbed into a blacked out car Gold Boots Gla** House Bad Hex Teenage Teeth It all came too late for you Would you choose to be happy or me?
Maniacs hid in the mangroves Convinced they were made of ivory hate Within hours Decrees thundered They were solely made of white ambition Dominica was savagely cruel Its cafés as hot as ice Filled with lazy, rich bohemians In the vast colonial hot night The settlement the mob made was harsh All shook on it with palpable glee Damned magic, ex-slavers All screaming to be pardoned and free Everywhere this scumbag family’s been All we’d bring was evil s** Funeral tears and ma** betrayals