Lyrics Ginger And David - Carla Bley, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

Ginger And David

Roomer:
Watery-blue they lie and are lied to
Used woman:
Good David the curator is good for her
Trained for things to come
Roomer:
Paid to keep a shirt on his back
Cecil clark:
And his back turned
Nurse:
Pale Ginger living off premises
A long walk in the cold
Used woman:
A sickman she’d sought for the night
To fuck her to sleep
Cecil clark and leader:
To an insisting —
Used woman:
Together burdening with belief —
Nurse:
Amid loudspeakers —
Clark and leader:
— Repellent flash —
Woman:
— Their feather-brained pillows —
Nurse:
— And temporary —
Clark and leader:
— The flash a nasty thing
Woman:
— Two living coldly as one
Nurse:
— Light
Clark and leader:
— Done to time.
The man kind
Woman:
To show she would say she could see
What that had to do with reality
Without flashing