Lyrics Over Her Head - Carla Bley, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

Over Her Head

Over her head
A greasy flag
Its stripes a grin
About her hips
Its stars lettuce seeds
She says she’ll use
To have her candy washed
'Hotel lobby band'
Is she really supposed to do
What she pretends to do
Under circumstances
She can’t imagine?
GINGER (slowly coming to grips
With being grabbed by the lips):
High on ice cream
And not melting
Mouths to feel
But not be felt
Leader:
With no kissing beneath the belt!
Women kept naked in the rain
Their honor miraculously afloat
Big ragged sunflower climbing cunts
Ginger:
What she can’t stand
MEN:
What — stand
Women:
What she can’t stand
Yodelling ventriloquist:
What she can’t stand
Ginger:
He doesn’t want
MEN:
He — want
Women:
He doesn’t want
Yodelling ventriloquist:
He does not want
Ginger:
Holding her down
MEN:
Hold — down
Women:
Holding her down
Yodelling ventriloquist:
Holding her down
Ginger:
She holds him up
MEN:
She — up
Women:
She holds him up
Yodelling ventriloquist:
She holds him up
Ginger:
Something implicit in the time —
Women:
Something implicit —
MEN:
Something —
Ginger:
— In the unsightly poultry —
Women:
— In the unsightly poultry —
MEN:
— In her —
Ginger:
— Of her eyes
Women:
— Of her eyes
MEN:
— Eye
Leader:
Ginger a pale saucer
Ginger:
Singing to mice
Born dead in traps
Ginger and leader:
Contemplating suicide
As protection from fraud
Escalator over the hill