ALLEN GINSBERG - Father Death Blues (FSCD version) - 1978

"My father died while I was out here. So I flew black... back, and on the way I wrote a blues: Father Death Blues." Hey Father Death, I'm flying home Hey old man, you're all alone Hey old daddy, I know where I'm going Father Death, don't cry any more Mama's there underneath the floor Brother Death, please mind the store Old Aunty Death, don't hide your bones Old Uncle Death, I hear your groans O Sister Death, how sweet your moans O Children Deaths, go breathe your breaths Sobbing breasts'll ease your deaths Pain is gone, tears take the rest Genius Death, your art is done Lover Death, your body's gone Father Death, I'm coming home Guru Death, your words are true Teacher Death, I do thank you For inspiring me to sing this blues Buddha Death, I wake with you Dharma Death, your mind is true Sangha Death, we'll work it through Suffering is what was born Ignorance made me forlorn Tearful truths I cannot scorn Father Breath, once more farewell Birth you gave was no thing ill My heart is still, as time will tell. July 8, 1976 (Over Lake Michigan) Scene from the Costanzo Allione film Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1978)