Monday, November 17, 2008

Song Based on a Vivid Dream

Just before awakening, I dreamed that I was hosting a network television show and Elvis was still alive. The gross part was that my co-host for the week was Wynona Judd (GROSS!) I don't care for her AT ALL. But Elvis was to introduce a new song he'd just recorded called "Black Silk Bandana" loosely based on the legend of Zorro! The stage was set in black silk and tan, and if I blew the introduction, producers were going to give the honor to the Judd woman.
Anyway, I've written a song in an Elvis-Mexican flavored style based on that dream and had it copyrighted:


Black Silk Bandana

Up on the rooftop a figure appears
To ring in justice and calm to their fears
They celebrate when his name hits their ears
He wears the Black Silk Bandana

Way back in time where the legend begins
A man in black with a cape enters in
The evil ones will now pay for their sins
Thanks to the Black Silk Bandana

The senorita has romantic dreams
The Comondante has nightmares and screams
He knows the "Z" carved on his stockade means
Man with the Black Silk Bandana

Some call him Zorro a name for "the Fox"
They've tried so hard to put him in a box
Seargeant Garcia one comical ox
Thanks to the Black Silk Bandana

How Seniorita has longed for the day
Man of her dreams comes to take her away
But as for now she will just have to pray
For man with the Black Silk Bandana
--copyright 2008 John H. Roebuck

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