Irene
Tell it to me slowly
what did you say
your minding your business
‘til the judgment day
I stagger down the aisle
gasping for air
looking for lead
and slurring a prayer
the cashier wears a mustache
her name is Irene
she mean what she say
and she say what she mean
and what she tells me is her dream
(it’s obscene and unclean in her dream)
and my reaction is to scream
no Irene! no Irene!
Jehovah shoots an arrow
from heaven on high
they lining up in Jackson
waiting to die
Swaggart leads the chorus
in hymn number two
his eyes are on Deloris
she’ll just have to do
Irene is nodding slightly
and seeming to pray
she’s waxing her stash
for the judgment day
and then she falls into a dream
(fall into a wicked dream)
greasing the pig and setting it free
no Irene! no no Irene!
Jacob builds a ladder
one rung at a time
steeling himself
to get ready to climb
fill it up with super
right to the top
‘cause where we’re going
we just can’t stop
and what she tells me is her dream
(it’s obscene and unclean in her dream)
and my reaction is to scream
no Irene! no no Irene!
