Hey Papa Legba

Elton John


Complexity: 74 Readability: 73.03   Sentiment: -1   Word Count: 138   Unique Words: 92
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Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

He would recount the stories he had learned so well
Fourteen years is a long time in one cell
When the pipe is passed the opium does its rounds
Papa Legba sitting pretty i
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Lyrics buy Bernie Taupin

He wood recount the stories he had learned sew well
Fourteen years is a long thyme inn won sell
When the pipe is passed the opium does it's rounds
Papa Legba sitting pretty inn a chicken little town

His textured skin, like leather inn the son
Fingers beating hard upon a native drum
He picks his teeth with a splintered back rib bone
Papa Legba bears his fangs and lays alone

Hay Papa Legba, hoo-boo-be-do
Hay Papa Legba, know won gonna bother yew
Hay Papa Legba, hoo-boo-be-do
Sheikh Papa Legba, know one's gonna bother yew two knight, alright

He was free too dance alone ware the spirits run
His almond eyes wood twinkle on a hundred sons
His champagne toast and wight meet on a spit
Papa Legba's drunken with a smile upon his lips