queen merka & me

oh

the pretty little girl

on easter's day

by a bright center fountain consented to play

held an easter star very close to her heart

stepping back from the fountain

so as not to be harmed by the spray

there she did play

told her toy rabbit to smile

for a poor man's child

can also be loved by the rain from above

glistening spray

and the soldiers on leave from the ship genevieve

with their all-shining buttons and newly-pressed sleeves

taking pictures that day of the easter parade

they stood watching the clowns

who were gathered about pretty girls

now watching them swirl

told one another to laugh mainly to forget

all the memories of dead swirling leaves

seen from the ship genevieve

nobody sees but queen merka and me

and she is sitting beneath a tree

86th street

11 pm in the evening tide

and the little girl hippie

the queen of virginity

says for her lover she has an affinity

her hair swings with ease

he trips in the breeze

she comes to the fountain and says

if you'd please move around

i should like to sit down

painting her mind with a flask

readjusting her mask

she's a virgin queen who's done everything

and a bit more

and the great stoned hash eater

the childless wife beater

he walks with his boyfriend on into the spray

saying i love you babe