Priestess

In our seminary of contradictions Ella Fitzgerald, thizz and whipits You were our priestess You were dressed all in black Singing Angel from Montgomery On your front porch I'd join in harmony I was working as a soda jerk Listening to old Panthers' stories Over lime rickeys and tuna fish When there were very little worries To return to your temple of song Each embryonic stage Passed through your doorway Page after page Take it easy, Priestess Take it easy, Priestess Ooh, take it easy, Priestess You were dealt a rotten hand On a highway in Colorado A wild horse swept under your legs And wouldn't let you go You saw that each one of us Are opaque as woven air Your dark humor no one could touch From experience no one could bear You slapped the Devil across his face He puked up ice and black bile How did you know how to frighten away A being so vile? No one could blame you For being angry, resentful, or vicious The entire universe deserved it For being so malicious Take it easy, Priestess Take it easy, Priestess Ooh, take it easy, Priestess You would put your cigarette out On the bottom of your foot You could be brutally honest But it always did me good Join the Good People Shine, cheer and bloom with the Three Charities Sing again, sing again Angel from Montgomery Take it easy, Priestess Take it easy, Priestess Ooh, take it easy, Priestess Take it easy, Priestess Ooh, take it easy, Priestess Take it easy, Priestess Ooh, take it easy, Priestess