I believe there were seven,
Possibly eight…it is fairly hazy
Through the looking glass
Pearl City, Hawaii...circa 1978
Saturday night at Little Orphan Annie’s
“The Three Dollar High Open Bar”…I know,
It’s too late to change it now,
Told you it was hazy
If you were there that night
Raise your hands…I see,
Well I know who was there
We were there to see the band
A Black Sabbath cover band
How cool is that?
Waiting in line outside
“Let’s smoke a couple of joints” said Mr. Dye
We still didn’t know
We could do that inside
Three dollar cover buys admittance
Watered down well drinks
As fast as you could
For two hours
And then you wait for the band…
Hey, you smell that?
Look over there…and there…wow, really?
Cool!
“Hey guys, I just met a dude” says one of
The seven or eight, wait…one of them is me
Could have been me
“He’s selling microdot…wanna try it?”
Well, we were thinking, good place to get ripped off
But wouldn’t it be cool if it was real!
“Hell yeah!” I might have said
~
Where’s the band?
Damn, ripped again, oh well
Where’s the band?
Damn, two joints passing at once?
How much do we have left?
Seven or eight…okay
Where’s the band?
Where’s the bar?
Smokey in here isn’t it,
Trippy too
Where’s the band?
Damn...ripped again
“I’m with the band.”
“Hell, I’m with the band too.”
“We are the band.”
“Where’s the band?”
“You know the band. I’m with the band.”
Hey, go over to the bar and find out what’s up with the band
“Uh, sure…where’s the bar?”
Damn...tripped again
“They cancelled. There’s another band coming. Don’t worry, there will be a band.”
“Damn…look at that, she’s three people wide!”
“That’s too much, we’re too stoned and she’s too wide and that ain’t right…WE’RE WITH THE BAND!”
Damn...rippling again
And here they come…
A Rocking Rod cover band?!?!
We can sing better than them…
And so we did
“The Ballad of Little Orphan Annie’s”
Some people got no humor…
What? Told you it was hazy
There were seven…maybe eight
Of the finest radar operators you will ever find
Gathered in a bar way across the ocean
Waiting for the band to arrive
Living for the moment
It will never
Be the same
My friends
Cheers
~
Mike Carson
10-24-2007
