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THE FORTUNETELLER pt. III of The Waste Land lyrics
by Joel Sattler

Based on the poem by T. S. Eliot


Madame Sosostris
famous clairvoyist
wisest woman in Europe
had a bad bad cold

but still nevertheless
with her cards she guessed
fortunes with the best
with the Tarot told

it was a wicked pack of cards
with wicked images
the devil and the deep blue sea
and of the future says

here you are the drown dead sailor
those are pearls that were his eyes
here you see the Belladonna
lady of the shipwreck lies

lady of the situations
here we find the three of clubs
here the wheel, the one eye merchant
must beware of what he does

and here the card which must be blank
which I am forbidden to see
pay the fee no need to thank me
put your money in the tea

let me say before you go
I do not find the Hang ged Man
crowds of people in a ring, though
save yourself while you still can

if you see Ms. Equitone
say I bring the horoscope
one must be so careful these days
still you must hold on to hope

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