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henry calvin, joan diener, alfred drake & kismet ensemble - gesticulate lyrics

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[wazir]
the things a merciful and clement
wazir must endure!

[lalume]
how surely one can tell the expert
from the amateur!

[the poet]
dear hand, deft hand
clever and facile extremity
fond companion to me
from my birth

sweet hand, swift hand
spinner of fable and fantasy
faithful friend of my art
would they rend us apart
leaving no finger or fist there
but just the hint of a wrist there?

where then my spirited wit, my mercurial charm?
am i fated to sit with an elbow and arm
and no digits to top them off
if thеy lop them off!
[wazir’s council]
well said a plea as еver
moved a man to shed a tear!
well said, but not said enough
if we know of our wazir

[the poet]
how could i plead with you
how could i pray to you?
how intercede with you
what could i say to you?

[wazir & the poet]
(this is becoming a bore!)
like a dog with no tail
(drag this debris out the door!)
like a spoutless whale
(a bore! a bore!)

[the poet, wazir & wazir’s council]
like an elephant sunk if you cut off its trunk!
(so do as i ordered before!)
(drag this debris out the door!)

[lalume]
hold! i’d like to hear a little more
[the poet]
when you tell a story
amorous or gory
you can tell it best if you gesticulate
suppose the mighty sinbad
meets a djin who’s been bad
they will guess the rest if you gesticulate!

a tongue is a tongue
and a lung is a lung
and a tale that can shout or sing
without the gesture + nothing!

should scheherazade
undulate her body
that can be expressed if you gest+
can be assessed if you gest+
she’ll be undressed if you gesticulate!

if i tell you i was walking by the sea
and found a genie in a bottle
that’s trite

[wazir’s council]
quite!
for practically everyone has seen a genie
someone had to throttle
in a bottle!
[the poet]
right!
but if i say the bottle was so teenie!

[wazir’s council]
so teenie!

[the poet]
and so was the genie

[wazir’s council]
so was the genie

[the poet]
until with trembling hand
i pulled the cork
and threw the jug
and covered up my eyes

and the smoke began to curl
and the smoke began to swirl
and it curled and it swirled
and it swirled and it curled
as higher it did rise
till it was so high

[wazir’s council]
so high!

[the poet]
and so was the genie!

[wazir’s council]
so was the genie!

[the poet & wazir’s council]
then two great arms reached down
(two great arms?)
and lifted me up! up! up! (up! up! up!)
into the sky (so high! so high!)

and we did fly (and we did fly)
the genie and i (how he did fly!)
we did sail! (did sail!)
did sail! (did sail!)

is this a tale? (this is a tale!)
are you convinced? (we are convinced)
you see? (you see? you see?)

[the poet]
for the facile finger
listeners will linger
they will be impressed if you gest+
applaud with zest if you gest+

if it’s a question of a story, gory
sinbad in bad, bottle, smoke, genie, arms
fly sky high
i state, reiterate

[the poet & wazir’s council]
gesticulate

[the poet & wazir’s council]
with your hands! (with your hands!)

- henry calvin joan diener alfred drake kismet ensemble lyrics

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