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Red Baron (Of Arizona)

from Daffy's Elixir by Bryan Scary

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(see also - Sam Fuller's The Baron of Arizona, starring Vincent Price)

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ACT ONE:

"Baron" you were
Back before we put the knife in
Daily galloping your cause around -
manufactured to the hyphen

You made your claims
Ran your across our cities...
Making enemies and breaking hearts
With your wife on your committee

And oh, was it all necessary?
Oh, give it back, Red Baron!

Living a dream
She was manicured in rubies
And he used her as the "Baroness"
In the gospel he was proving

And on a roll
You were polishing pretenses
While the rest of us were panicking
In the ruins of our defenses

And oh, was it all necessary?
Oh, give it back, Red Baron!

ENTR'ACTE:

We sicced a man upon him
Practiced in forgery
Who made a living out of hidden aces
He battled through the papers
And found the missing ink
To wipe the fables off the Baron's faces

"Baron, I think that I've made up my mind
You're not the man you've been playing
See, this shade is not the same
You've written in your name
You'd better start praying it's all a game
'Cause I'm gonna put you in the fire!
I've been hired by the miners
Whom you rag upon
Put your lands up - the game is over
Give it back to Arizona!"

And so the knives were brandished
The cat escaped the bag
And everybody formed a line around him
They got him on the platform
And raised the banner flag
When from the parlor came a voice resounding

THE BARONESS:
"Stop what you're doing, can this be for real?
The Baron is nobody's puppet!
And if he's only fantasy
Then what to do with me?
Maybe I'm just an accessory?
I won't be made a method actor!"

No one backed her
She went scrambling
For obscurity
Never peeling
Her persona
"The Baroness of Arizona"

Then in the air above them
Their man began to weep
They left him praying and the sky was pouring
And so it all receded
Back into history
The tables turning and the engines roaring

ACT THREE:

Where do they go
All our misbegotten grifters?
Will they ever find themselves again
After all the veils are lifted?

The Baron, we're told
Tried his hand at irrigation
But eventually he met his end
In the shadows of a nation

And I ask you now:

Oh, was it all necessary?
Oh, give it back, Red Baron

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from Daffy's Elixir, track released April 24, 2012

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Bryan Scary Los Angeles, California

Being a biography of an artist written by the artist. The artist's bio: applause, applause. And accordingly, the artist dies at the end. The End.

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