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A GAME OF CHESS II, pt VI of The Waste Land cycle by Joel Sattler,
based on TS Eliot

alternate title: HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME


when Lil's husband got demobilized
I said to her damn your eyes
I didn't mince my words I said
or else your pieces forfeited

hurry up please it's time
hurry up please it's time
to be out of bed is such a crime
hurry up please it's time

now Albert's coming back be smart
take the offer take your heart
he'll want to know about the cash
to fix your teeth you made a hash

of what was left of your damn life
he's the husband, you're the wife
you have to have them out I bet
pull them all get a new set

he said can't bear to look at you
I swear I need you but it's true
and I can't bear to see it too
think of Albert go and do

four years in the Army I'm
four years in the war until
all he wants is a good time
if you won't some one else will

oh is there she said the bat
yes there is something wrong of that
she just smirked the stupid skank
and said then I'll know who to thank

hurry up please it's time
hurry up please it's time
to be out of bed is such a crime
hurry up please it's time

if you don't like get on with it
others pick and choose you git
if Albert makes off lack of telling
someone else will do the selling

you ought to be ashamed I said
to look so old to look so dead
and she was only 31
I can't help it she was glum

I took them pills to bring it off
it nearly killed me made me soft
the chemist said would be all right
aint never been since that bad night

I said you are a proper fool
you know the game of chess the rule
you know the awful thing you did
why'd you get married if not kids?

hurry up please it's time
hurry up please it's time
to be out of bed is such a crime
hurry up please it's time

well that Sunday Al came home
he didn't want to be alone
they did it till at last could not
took me to dinner it was hot

hurry up please it's time
hurry up please it's time
to be out of bed is such a crime
hurry up please it's time

goodnight Bill goodnight Lou
good night Mary goodnight you
ta ta good night good night good night
go home now and do it right

good night ladies
good night ladies
good night ladies
we hate to see you go.....


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