Calamity John — текст песни (Dar Williams)

Come lovers, come loners, remember yourselves

As lusty tempestuous fools

When your dream was to conquer an ocean

From your small secretarial pools



When you stood at the gulf of unknowing

When you saw the great tundra of time

And you cried for the winds to come blowing



And you called a monsoon from the tides of the moon

cause the roads were all dusty and dry



Come lame dancing lonely tonight

When what should appear in the distance

Blown hither and yon its calamity john

And hes coming to sweep you away---aye I aye ayy



Hell tear through the homefront, hell lift you up laughing

Hell blow every signpost away

As the weather report says high drama

With a five percent chance that hell stay

Now the floor starts to rock and the roof floats

And your friends say hes bad for your health

And theyve warmed you about him on talk shows



So you told him to pack, hit the road, dont come back

And he says hey "dont flatter yourself" ....and you say.....



I am closing my door to the storm

I am saving myself from its freedom

I have put the chain on, oh calamity john

I dont want you to dance me away---aye I aye ayy



So its seven months later youve bolted your hair back

Youre almost immune to the moon

And at parties you stay in the kitchen

Common sense with a big wooden spoon

All at once you can feel the storm coming

As you burst out into the old refrain

To the sound of america drumming



Call it pain, call it art, call it open your heart

Let it go let it fly, let it rain(oh yeah)



He smiles and the clouds turn to black

With the wind through the flowers come blowing

The warning bells on, "whats your name, oh its john",

Thats such an unusual name---aye I aye ayy