The Lightning Bird

Hoy no corrida

And my patience is wearing thin

Writing little flames of flickering poetry

Is this a day off or my first day on the job?

My only boss is my date with the lightning bird

I felt buried

When the publishing contract

Didn't arrive on the Monday they had promised

40K up front with the rest to follow

I went upstairs

I took a long shower

I cried tears of relief like a gambler

Who'd bet beyond himself and won

My manager already had the money spent

Had me pinned as a man to be proud of

Hoy no corrida

And my patience is wearing thin

Writing little flames of flickering poetry

Is this a day off or my first day on the job?

My only boss is my date with the lightning bird

The first week

The two of us would sit at the bottom of the stairs and wait

For the paperwork to arrive

That first week went pretty slow

The second it dragged on forever

As negotiations stalled and failed

After week three we called them

They wouldn't take our calls

The promise had been broken

And the deal was off

Hoy no corrida

And my patience is wearing thin

Writing little flames of flickering poetry

Is this a day off or my first day on the job?

My only boss is my date with the lightning bird

I was languid, lost all night

Andalusian horses sighed

Tell me a poem about you dying?

I'm kind of stuck, would you help me out?

Tell me where the night has gone?

In the sunlight, in the moonfire

Rooftop logic came to life

In perfect minds then vaporised

In the sunlight, in the moonfire

I'm kind of stuck, would you help me out?

Andalusian horses sighed

Tell me a poem about you dying?

About you dying?

About you dying?

About you dying?

Hoy no corrida

And my patience is wearing thin

Writing little flames of flickering poetry

Is this a day off or my first day on the job?

My only boss is my date with the lightning bird

Hoy no corrida

And my patience is wearing thin

Writing little flames of flickering poetry

Is this a day off or my first day on the job?

My only boss is my date with the lightning bird