Words and Poetry by Brian Lampkin, unless otherwise noted.
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I don't want to be stiffI don’t want to be a president behind a podium
Looking for all the world like I just swallowed imodium I don’t want to be an armpit professor Sweating out secrets to an unknown confessor I don’t want to be a jukebox dancer Looking like I just played cancer I don’t want to be so quiet on the phone Make you wish I wasn’t at home I don’t want to be stiff Something, someone give me a lift I don't want to be in love with death I want to cry when I feel your breath I don't want to watch those killers and carry on an idle chat might want to notice a refugee’s life means more than a baseball stat I don't want to have stiff sex with you and come under cover of a love untrue I don't want to be stiff something, someone, give me a lift I don't want to be in love with death I want to cry when I feel your breath I don't want to be a senator stentorian my words hardly hiding what a power whore I am I don't want to be a drug representative Selling coercion from a heart that's tentative I don't want to be a sad play writer dreaming a despair I don't believe either I don't want to believe in joy then cower from power like a little boy I don't want to be stiff I don't want to be stiff I don't want to be stiff I don't want to be stiff I don't want to be in love with death I want to cry when I feel your breath |