Music by elton john Lyrics by bernie taupin Released as a uk b-side in 1982
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 it's rounds Papa legba sitting pretty in a chicken little town
His textured skin, like leather in the sun 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
Hey papa legba, hoo-boo-be-do Hey papa legba, no one gonna bother you Hey papa legba, hoo-boo-be-do Shake papa legba, no one's gonna bother you tonight, alright
He was free to dance alone where the spirits run His almond eyes would twinkle on a hundred sons His champagne toast and white meat on a spit Papa legba's drunken with a smile upon his lips
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