Belly Of The Beast

In the belly of the beast and out the blow-hole
To the salty sea, she's a seagull boat
Floating like a dead man all the dead tend to float

And her ghost came in like a silent thief
Heard the drop of a pin, stole my beard of bees
And there's no ugly buzzing for the keeper to keep

Oh lo in the distance the stallion comes
And they call him Lightning for his hind-legged run
Boxing his hooves at the dampening dawn

Come, let Lightning strike me down
I'm ready as I'll ever be right now
But we can't understand her with her teeth out her mouth

She said "Come, let Lightning strike me down
I'm ready as I'll ever be right now,"
At the sound of applause, she took a swooping bow

We put heavy coins on her eyelids
And we clothed her fast softening breast
And her children were five flaming arrows
And her ashes were solemnly left

To the wind, down to Puerto Rico
Where her father stood silent, she laughed
Looking down at her firm, able body
And he pulled her now close to his chest

He said "I know each love is a lifetime
My darling, I loved you my best
Please don't cry child, it's been such a long time
You look like the day that I left
I left, I left, I left, I left"

So come, let Lightning strike me down
I'm ready as I'll ever be right now
In the belly of the beast and out the blow-hole, Lord