Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake, rattlesnake My brain is full of evil dreams Unseen across my path you quake And rattle like a tambourine Hidden in the rustling reeds And unseen threat my mind espies I feel the keen bite at my heel And upon this darkened path I'll die To those who would offer advice On how to tread unhallowed ground Rather than to roll the dice That makes a rustling, rattling sound Who straight ahead would travel right And not inside the darkness dwell I know that I should heed your words But I don't listen very well Rattlesnake, rattlesnake Play your song in triple time For when you stop, for Heaven's sake The dance that ends, it will be mine Rattlesnake, rattlesnake My brain is full of evil dreams Unseen across my path you quake And rattle like a tambourine