Saturday, June 25, 2011

If...













If I won a million bucks,
I'd say God was fast asleep
and Ol' Scratch was in a hurry
to see me, but I'd go.

I'd go back to the sidewalks
where I used to sleep,
to the soup lines where I waited,
drunk or hungover, for a meal.

I'd go see Mouthwash Jimmy
and Crazy Red and Drunk Tammy
who turns tricks with strangers
for the ashtray change.

I'd be Santa Claus, Elvis with an extra
caddy, Jesus with a loaf and a fish, all
for the people who loved me sometimes
and shared their next to nothing with me.

I'd cop dope for the junkies, and
buy bottles of booze for the drunks,
I'd let the girls sit a while and rest
those sidewalk strollin' feet for once.

Wouldn't try and change a soul,
bow a head, or save a life but
I'd share a million with Red, and Jimmy
and the girls who sometimes love me.