Red Lipped Stranger - Will Dockery & The Shadowville All-Stars

Red Lipped Stranger by Will Dockery & The Shadowville All-Stars / Written by Will Dockery, Brian Mallard & Henry Conley / Vocals - Will Dockery / Vocals - Gini Woolfolk / Guitar - Brian Mallard / Art - Gary Frankfurth / Produced by Robbie Wright © 2009

Red Lipped Stranger

Her creep crawls
the narrow stairway
of the Candlelight Motel
to watch for her
from a window.

Rethinking
his infatuation
but clinging
to his vision of her
as the red lipped stranger.

Downstairs
the desk clerk's cat
slithers through
the service entrance.

The vampirate
on a motorbike
passes below
to the westbound bridge
werewolf on her back.

Jennifer at riverbend
watches gunboats
smacks her foot
on the bright red clay.

Jennifer gives good lyric
she wrote this poem
she's no bum.

But she's not there
on the other side
of the greenish wall.

Through a three-inch-wall
he hears
bedsprings rattle
rustle of dry-hump,
some guy's mumbles.

Hears the fat blonde waitress
whip it in bondage
the sounds
lull him to sleep.

The hand of Uncle Sugar
still taking notes
as a new standard bearer
hands out trophies
to the winners.

His trillion dollar gash
flakes from the bone
as gravity tears
a pound of dust.

Clings to a picture book
the missing part of himself
as if perpetually
anchored
to his invisible erection.

At Lucky Seven Lounge
she tries
not to reveal herself
but she stubbornly clutches
her empty shoes.

Something
seems missing
in the broad daylight
when the details
are displayed.

All that remains are
her flat black hat
her oversized lantern
her broken laptop.

No poor boy on the street
can speak of her
or the island on the river.
Or about her return...
her resurrection.

-Will Dockery

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Will Dockery
• Shadowville
• Gini Woolfolk
• Brian Mallard
• Gary Frankfurth
• Henry Conley
• Robbie Wright
• Noir

[WDockery]

"...The Shadowville All-Stars provide the musical canvas for the word paintings of Will Dockery, the Poet Laureate of Shadowville. Individually, we are a dozen-or-so musical merry pranksters who rotate in and out of the lineup at different venues. Collectively we are The Shadowville All-Stars. Artists who share the stage with us in a live performance become Shadowville All-Stars forever. It's kind of like the Baseball Hall-of-Fame, only you can't get kicked out for gambling..." -Dennis Beck

[WDockery]

"Passion--REALISM--realism was the key. The records were letters. Real letters from me to certain other people." -Lou Reed, 1975

(Red Lipped Stranger / Will Dockery & The Shadowville All-Stars: Brian Mallard, Gini Woolfolk & Gary Frankfurth.)

[FinallyunderstandU]

ohhh.. and NO broken laptops on anyone's head tonight>> remember...

honeysuckle flowers and sweet leafs too >>

[1Diamonddoor]

I am so glad Will Dockery that our mutual friend Michael introduced me to you you your music and the band are a real gem indeed>>

best wishes of hope,

~Dawn de Luz~

[LovetoUtoo]

broken laptop egad throw it out the window but not this swell song save it first~

[gusthebroken2]

Wonderful vibes .. Fantastic playing , singing & Artwork .. ..a truly wonderful combination of art forms combined into one bundle , that reach my spot and I am sure that others feel the same .. I am going to feature this in the next days .. I really have no option ! ( Its in my favorites 2 , and I will certainly share this amazing song ! ..Thank you so much ! (: gus

[TheBarrettMusic]

Loving your work!

[ilovedreams1000]

very beautiful video and great song, I like it. Thumbs up*****Thank you for sharing...Moni

[starvinfolkartist]

Cool tune... interesting lyrics...Rock on

[radiobuchbrunn]

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