by Simone White
you and me and your brother
spent the summer
catching crawfish in the creek
mosquito bites spitting watermelon seeds
your mama's pork fat grits
stacking pennies on the railraod tracks
got drunk on homemade gin
and robbed the general store
got a hiding and a licking
and a seeing to
boy my butt was sore
was your butt sore too
victoria anne victoria anne
don't ride your bike behind the fog man
victoria anne victoria anne
don't ride your bike behind the fog man
you'll regret it someday
but why, I cannot say
wonderbread and mayonnaise sandwiches
smoking jimpson weed cigars
sitting in the swamps
I saw a haint
no you d'aint
slinging cemetary stones
wearing spanish curly moss wigs
chasing chiggers in my hair
you gave me ringworm scabies and the lice
yes I did but it was not my fault
daddy says there's a devil in the woods
and he's got his eye on me
leaning on his shiny cane
gonna take me away for all my evil deeds
but it was you that chucked the kittens in the river
I threw you in straight after
laughing falling on the fire ant hill
tore my clothes off and jumped right in
running naked down the street
your mama screaming chasing us as fast as she can
calling come home goddamn
victoria anne victoria anne
don't ride your bike behind the fog man
victoria anne victoria anne
don't ride your bike behind the fog man
you'll regret it someday
but why, I cannot say