Ballad Of Francis Alabadalejo Lyrics

Francis Albert Alejo woke up one morning
And prayed to the Virgin that hung on the wall
With eyes full of pleading and knees a door knocking
He told her the dream that had left him in terror
Something that couldn't be reasoned at all
"I saw me a woman, her eyes were a smiling
Her lips were of fire, her tongue was of ice
She beckoned me on with a finger of bones
Her flesh was of leather and not very nice"
And he woke in fear and the sweat beads were gleaming
And knew in his heart that something was wrong
But the Virgin smiled down with eyes of compassion
He left feeling better and second to none

Francis Albert Alejo is smiling
Francis Albert Alejo is laughing
Francis Albert Alejo feels second to none

So he came to the hospital where he was working
And put on his coat of the hessian brown
The minutes were spinning until it was teatime
Resting his feet on a chair in the corner
Smoking and passing the papers around
Young men and ladies, old men and children
Babies in arms and arms hung in swings
Old ladies for X-rays for medicine and massage
To name but a few of their favourite things
The noise of the hospital rolling about him
The synthetic hiss of the rubber-shod wheels
The patter of doors and the murmur of voices
Nobody knows how the next person feels

Francis Albert Alejo is thinking
Francis Albert Alejo is talking
Francis Albert Alejo feels second to none

Said the path lab to Francis, "Go get you a barrow
And carry this package to where we shall say"
And he spied a long parcel all tied in brown paper
Nothing to look at and not even thinking
He loaded his barrow and pushed it away
Rounding a corner the barrow it tilted
The parcel fell open, a finger was pointing
Cold eyes were gleaming and Francis was running
Filling the air with the sound of his screaming
And stretched on the ground an assortment of pieces
The face in the nightmare when he had been sleeping
Lay lifelessly gazing blue-eyed at the sky

Francis Albert Alejo is running
Francis Albert Alejo is flying
Francis Albert Alejo will never return

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