To add to Roger from B-more's account, here are the rap lyrics that Ron Davies did with his wife. He emailed them to me to use with my kids at the Job Corps center where I work. CICADA SERENADE They got big orange eyes they can barely focus Some people call'em 17- year locust But that's the wrong data The name is cicada and they're here now but they won't be here later They got 4 wings but they ain't supposed to fly They just come out the ground, have sex and die But I can dig their rig--I like their style Cause they may go quick but they go with a smile Check it out Cicada serenade (sounds being made in rap rythmn like cicadas whirring) Check it out Cicada serenade (same same) Cicadas on the sidewalk, cicadas on the ground Place looked like a little tiny Jonestown Now I hate to see anything go to waste And I was wondering how a cicada might taste Cicada, potata---it sounds the same To let'em go to waste would be a crying shame So I got a couple hundred of 'em, took 'em inside Put some ketchup on 'em and I ate'em French-fried I ate 'em all up without hesitatin' The next thing you know I was hallucinatin' Freakin' out Cicada serenade (same same) Freakin' out Cicada Serenade (same same) I was out of my mind My head was in a fog The next thing you know I was sick as a dog My friends came over, said "Let's get high" I said "No way", so they said "Bye bye" I don't need no lovely, no reefer, no cocaine Cause I still got them cicadas buzzin' round in my brain So eat your cicadas with every snack Cause they can also help you say NO TO DRUGS BUGS, NOT DRUGS PS Rita: How did the tape of our late night jam on Sunday with fiddle, viola, harp and classical guitar and a few of the Shellbacks with their squeeze boxes come out? I know that the singers had plenty of jams, but the private ones we had with the other musicians, I really enjoyed. And could you tell me the name of the Shellback lady who stayed up with us till 4 AM on Sunday? The whole time from 9 PM to 4 AM was a wealth of love songs, laments, and partings, and she provided many of them. That was a special jam, with only a few people, and I believe it was the best musical event of the Getaway.
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