ELTON JOHN - Hey Papa Legba lyrics

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Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Released as a uk b-side in 1982<br><br>He would recount the stories he had learned so well<br>Fourteen years is a long time in one cell<br>When the pipe is passed the opium does it's rounds<br>Papa legba sitting pretty in a chicken little town<br><br>His textured skin, like leather in the sun<br>Fingers beating hard upon a native drum<br>He picks his teeth with a splintered back rib bone<br>Papa legba bears his fangs and lays alone<br><br>Hey papa legba, hoo-boo-be-do<br>Hey papa legba, no one gonna bother you<br>Hey papa legba, hoo-boo-be-do<br>Shake papa legba, no one's gonna bother you tonight, alright<br><br>He was free to dance alone where the spirits run<br>His almond eyes would twinkle on a hundred sons<br>His champagne toast and white meat on a spit<br>Papa legba's drunken with a smile upon his lips