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Boogie with the Reaper

from A Bit of Change by Edward St Moritz

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Me, having a New Year’s Eve heart attack.
Thank you, Don, Thank you, Alyssa. Thank you, Victoria. Thank you, paramedics and nurses and surgeons. And friends. And EI. Alyssa doesn’t want me to almost die in her kitchen anymore.

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Boogie with the Reaper

I was walking to party with friends At their house on the top of a hill
It was slick and cold and steep as a bottle of malt
As I was making my new year’s way Mr Grim sidled up to me
He found my fear, and ground my pace to a halt
He looked me over with his one good eye
I glared back with both of mine
There was a chip on his shoulder the size of an old rotten cross
He said “I know you and you know me,
You got away seven years ago;
Let’s dance to the top and see who takes the loss
REF:
You’re gonna Boogie with the Reaper
Boogie to the Reaper’s delight
Boogie with the Reaper
You’re comin’ with me tonight

I had to get to the top before the dance was done Or I’d fall like stone on the snow
I started my move he put his hand into my chest
didn’t have to press didn’t have to lead
he tossed an anvil on my ribs
Meat-filled mouth said “This is for the best”
REF:
It was dosido and pirouette foxtrot driveway from there
Grim sashayed “Aren’t we having a ball?”
One step, three steps, ten steps then
I staggered to my friend’s front door
He melted into shade as I fell into the hall

I Boogied with the Reaper, Boogied with the Reaper
He thought he had me in his sights
I Boogied with the Reaper, Boogied with the Reaper,
and I ain’t dead tonight
Boogied with the Reaper
And I ain’t even seen the light
Boogied with the Reaper
I’m ventilating and upright, that’s right!

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from A Bit of Change, released April 30, 2020

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Edward St Moritz Barrie, Ontario

Ed lives in Collingwood Ontario.

He and Don Bray produced his first CD of original songs Small Things Shining Bright and has just completed a second project A Bit of Change with Ray Dillard.

Why a darkside navigator?
“I am responsible for the directions I take in those gray territories. I do go into depression, but I also know how to sail through it. My songs are the maps of experience there.” ... more

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