Tuli Kupferberg

PAINT IT RED (& BLACK)

Tune: 'Paint It Black' (Rolling Stones) with spoken extensions
NOTE: Red & Black are the Anarchist colors

I see the White House & I want to paint it Red
Rabbi Jesus whispers to me: 'Besser Red zan Dead.'
I see the Kremlin & I'm gonna paint it black
Clinton's toasting Yeltsin: 'Zdrovye Bourgeois Hack!'

I spoke to Tolstoy: 'Emma Goldman's coming back!'
He sat there writing on a shard of red & black
Black & Red.  Coming back!
Red & Black.  They're comin' back!

The homeless Alien morphs to Newt's Sonovabitch
The Species (social) Being's served up: dessert for the rich
The Lions of Reason strobe the deep grave of yr dream
The Lamb of Love hides in the Caves of Academe

I hear the students as they wonder what comes next
They're forced to take the test but do not have the text
They wander thru the World Wide Internet
They still believe they'll find the Finland Station yet! 
(in St. Petersberg where Lenin entered Russia in 1917)

I heard Mohr (Marx) & General (Engels) laughing in their Hell
They said Bakunyin had a funny tale to tell
'Anarcho Pacifist Bolshelvism never had its chance!'
Perhaps we could invite St. Francis to the dance?  And hey St Paul & Jacob Frank!
(18th Cent PolJewCath pansexual Messiah)
YOWZAH!

I see the White House & I want to paint it  Red
Willy Reich is shouting at me: 'Better Bed than Dead!'
Now Billy's roasting Yelstin: 'So long Bourgeois Flack!'
I spy the Kremlin Hey we're gonna take it back!
RED & BLACK
GET IT BACK
RED & BLACK
WE'RE COMING BACK
RED & BLACK
RED & BLACK
RED & BLACK

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