Hear me Scratch - (Spooky Swing Contest entry)

[Intro] Ohhhh... they playin me out... [Verse 1] I opened my dead eyes under Royal Street Milk white, can't blink, full of Lafayette dirt Brass above me, oh that brass so sweet Pine box shakin to the second line beat I hear umbrellas twirlin, I hear shoes scuff slow They dancin on my roof where the moss don't grow [Pre-Chorus] No breath in my chest No prayer left in my mouth Just that sweet trombone callin me... [Chorus] SCRATCH! Hear me scratch beneath the parade! SCRATCH! Every trumpet hit I feel it in my grave! You got warm skin, you got that sweet blood heat You dancin on my door, I can taste your feet! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! I'm comin up to join that line! [Verse 2] Oh that smell, cher, that living smell Perfume and sweat and beer through the boards My belly sing like a hollow bell Barbed wire hunger cuttin my cords My fingers broke, my nails gone black I claw that pine to that sousaphone attack One crack of light, one sip of Louisiana sun One bite. Just one. Then let that line run. [Bridge] Hush now band, play softer... They almost hear me... Second line gotta have a last man... Let me be that last man... [Chorus 2] SCRATCH! Hear me scratch beneath the parade! SCRATCH! Mama, I'ma join that masquerade! Throw that hanky down, baby, throw it low Where I can reach it from the world below! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! I'm comin up to join that line! [Outro] [Brass band fading, crowd laughing] ...keep playin... don't stop playin... ...I almost... got... out...