DK & The Hoop Snakes 2019
Remixed and remastered 2022

Doublemint Cage

What will the market bear what will the street allow
What is the cost per share where does the price stand now
You bartered me in trade you named a price and paid
You bargained in good faith you bartered me in trade
What are fresh souls going for today
Everything’s negotiable they say
Gain the world and throw it all away
Throw it away throw it away throw it away
I bash my head against the wall these choices ain’t no choice at all
I’m mighty limp with broke tick rage I’m in the doublemint cage
What are fresh &c.
You bartered me &c.

Fly Venus

Here’s no time here’s no space
Here’s no climb here’s no race
Here’s no belt here’s no boot
Only flesh only fruit
Just one drop light your fire
Precious blood warm desire
Fly Venus fly her bodily
You’re feeling mighty good
Away away for I will fly to thee not charioted by Bacchus and his pards but on the viewless wings of poesy though the dull brain perplexes and retards already with thee
See her glance hear her moan
Water dance wave and foam
Feel the feel feel the flow
Ride the wheel get some more
Everything that we share
Take your pick ride the air
Ride the water
Fly Venus &c.

For Certain

Where does that tree begin and end
What was the cause of the Crimean War
What was it that you said I need reminding of
I can’t say for certain that you’ll never know
I’m pretty sure I’m not my mother
I’m pretty sure I’m not my father
I’m pretty sure I’m not the president
I can’t say for certain &c.
Long time ago somebody spoke it
Long time ago somebody wrote it
They spoke and wrote in Aramaic into Greek
I can’t say for certain &c.

Song (How sweet I roam’d)

Words by William Blake 1783

How sweet I roam’d from field to field
And tasted all the summer’s pride
‘Til I the Prince of Love beheld
Who in the sunny beams did glide
He loves to sit and hear me sing
Then laughing sports and plays with me
Then stretches out my golden wing
And mocks my loss of liberty

Eyes Shine

Your lynx eye
Your castle eye
Your cat’s eye
Your acid eye
Your makeup eye
Your street eye
Your needle eye
Your region eye
Your eyes shine with seeing
Your eyes shine with singing
Your eyes shine with saying
I know
Your leaf tongue
Your cat’s tongue
Your crown tongue
Your wailing tongue
Your arrow tongue
Your animal tongue
Your golden tongue
Your strenuous tongue
Your eyes shine &c.
I know I know I know
You got illuminating eyes You got universal eyes
Your eyes drive the water up from the ground
Your meat thumb
Your emphatic thumb
Your late thumb
Your impact thumb
Your tool thumb
Your greasy thumb
Your sharpened thumb
Your snap thumb Your eyes shine &c.