head fakes & handshakes

6 21 256 11
2008

larry curtis spurlock

head fakes & handshakes

head aches and climax fakes
are lies i define
hand made milkshakes
the strawberry kind
quasi interlude
of the hypnotic mind
head fakes and handshakes
nerf basketball time

this is the game we choose
maybe you win – maybe you lose

head fakes and handshakes
my mind’s mystified
why you selected these words
without a ticket to ride
cognac from the bottle
until edgar allen died
a three legged lunatic
frenchman was fried

these are the words you choose
but you’ve got to pay your dues
if you want to sing the blues

sha-la-la
la-la-la

head fakes and handshakes
perfumed smoke
head fakes and handshakes
aromatic hoax
head fakes and handshakes
cockeyed hippie
head fakes and handshakes
gambling bippy
head fakes and handshakes
dead king – everything
the king is dead – hole in the head
head fakes – handshakes
head bobs – hand jobs …

sha-la-la
la-la-la
sha-la-la
la-la-la
la-la-la la-la-la

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Editor’s Note:

A few months ago, a friend who was once mine was congratulating me on my lyrical wordsmith abilities and he mentioned that he’d like to pen some lyrics under the title head fakes & handshakes. He added that he was unable to produce anything substantively.
I told him that I’d compose something and let him examine it for his approval .. or disapproval.
Now, it was obvious that this phrase was Sports related .. and so I sat down and began working on it. But I was unable to satisfactorily complete the task.
Instead of giving up – I decided to spoof the phrase .. and write something silly and fun. Even senseless. I mean it’s not like there haven’t been similar works in the past. For instance: Strawberry Alarm Clock’s Incense & Peppermints.

* Here are some ‘diddies’ to look for in this Piece =

My 2nd line --> are lies i define

SAC I&P 2nd line --> Dead kings, many things I can't define.

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My 4th line --> the strawberry kind. Blatant representation.

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My 10th line --> maybe you win - maybe you lose

SAC I&P 6th line --> Little to win, but nothing to lose

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My 14th line --> without a ticket to ride . Beatles song --> Ticket To Ride

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My 20th & 21st lines --> but you've got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues are . culled right off Ringo's It Don't Come Easy song, written with George Harrison

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My 15th & 16th lines --> cognac from the bottle until edgar allen died . First, Cognac is my preferred drink .. and secondly, the edgar allen is borrowed from my 'two old ghosts or dr. seuss meets edgar allen poe' Piece .. or as John Lennon used to say, "I like to steal from meself". :-)

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My 17th line --> a three legged lunatic

SAC I&P 17th line --> A yardsick for lunatics, one point of view . Plus there's three feet in a yard ..

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My 19th line --> these are the words you choose

SAC I&P 5th line --> Who cares what games we choose

Plus nerf basketball is a game.

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My 25th line --> perfumed smoke is the dictionary definition of Incense

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My 29th line --> cockeyed hippie

SAC I&P 14th line --> Tune-a by the cockeyed world in two

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My 31st line --> gambling bippy . is stolen from Rowan & Martin's Laugh In .. "You bet your bippy"and he and I used to watch that show, years ago when we were roommates

Finally, .. of course the sha-la-la
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Have fun .. and enjoy this Piece. J
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