Another great song from the wacky duo of Richard Harris and Jimmy Webb. Previously, they had given us bizarre songs like "MacArthur Park" and "The Yard Went on Forever," both of which I highly recommend, if only for their senseless lyrics and wild orchestras. "Gayla," which is about (I think) a little girl whom someone is trying to kill (or, perhaps, offended with a dirty joke,) appeared on the album "The Yard Went on Forever."
Lyrics:
Gayla's taking all her bows in hand
She's skipping like a stone through the garden
She's chasing her small butterflies
All through the golden morning
But what ancient beast have you set to wait
Beside her tiny garden gate?
As though you did not know
She was a child
As though you did not have
Your dagger filed
Beneath your red soaked stinking cloak
Gayla's learning all the moonbeams' names
She counts all the stars on he fingers
She could put dust on old moth wings
And fly through the golden morning
But what ancient demon would you dare unloose
Upon that tiny pink pale throat?
As though you did not know
She was your dream
As though you did not mean
To make her scream
God damn you!
God damn you!
Damn you and your dirty joke!
26 янв 2010