Aloysius Bluegrass Drummer

Dm A7 Dm Dm A7 Dm C G Dm A7 Dm Dm A7 Dm Aloysius was a bluegrass drummer, he was just a normal kid Dm A7 Dm Bloomin', trippin', flowin' under, just as I once did C G At a 24-hour restaurant, open 'til the end of time Dm A7 Dm He was washing dishes there when he met Brick Butterfly Dm A7 Dm She was a no-wave singer for a country act working outta Region Ten Dm A7 Dm She was all strung out on hard street fat but he didn't know it then C First a look, then a spark, sound of Velcro in the dark G His heart is spinning like a bicycle wheel Dm A7 Dm She and he laid the stems down flat in the middle of a field Dm A7 Dm Dm A7 Dm C G Dm A7 Dm Dm A7 Dm Brick Butterfly had a history of sleeping with the kitchen staff Dm A7 Dm She was a hardcore gobbler and a longtime guzzler of hydrogenated crap C G Suet, tallow, liquid squeals, great mounds of plastic lard Dm A7 Dm That's what she got the lad to steal on the night that he got fired Dm A7 Dm Aloysius woke at five a.m, the hungry girl was gone Dm A7 Dm There was blood in the bedding, forks in the ceiling, and bones all over the lawn C G Like any strong young poet would, he packed his bags for Region Ten Dm A7 Dm I guess now I know him less than I ever knew him then Dm A7 Dm Yes, I guess I know him even less than I ever knew him then