Song Lyrics Poetry posted October 31, 2025


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A blues song

Broken Minded Hues

by Nick Driscoll

The author has placed a warning on this post for language.
I've got toilet paper
I've got mandarins
A banjo and a pickup
My frets tied by their strings
 
   And so I 
Frequent cemetaries
My friends, they call my name
Not certain I'm not haunted
They cry: "Don't make the same
 
  Mistakes as
We, almost forgotten
We've seen this shit before
You think that you're a loner
We're grains upon the shore
     
   Yes I believe you should be broken-minded
   Yes you've got a right to lose your way
   Yes you think the system is retarded
   But listen to those of us if we may
 
   Watch the luminous rainbow arcing
   Why in heaven do you think it's there?
   Why's there no white and black's gone awol?
   Why's theren't even a shade of grey?
 
There you'll see magenta 
It differs from the gold 
Whadya think the blue's for?
And why's it turn to green?
 
   And so is
Orange something special?
Is pink just for the gays?
The violet and indigo
   Could it have 
Tiered a different way?
 
   And so our
Friend or foe, whatever,
We only call your name
Dont listen to your bullshitq
Go searching for the rain"


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