A true tale about someone I knew.
singersongwriter
celtic
acoustic rock
welsh
bgt
Story behind the song
The song is about someone who I knew well and the lyrics explain what happened. It's also a comment on our society. Peter became the subject of CJ Stone's book 'The Last of the Hippies' (Faber)
Lyrics
I had a freind called Piss-off Pete
He looked so strange, he looked so sweet
All the guys saod he was a fool
But all the girls thought that he was cool
He wore women's clothes and tarty make-up
Platforms and looked like a Bowie pinup
He knew all the songs of his hero
Said he was in love with Brian Eno
Sometimes Pete he wouldn't speak
But he would stare and sign the freak
He chanted OM in lotus position
In bars and clubs it was forbidden
He had a friend a little mouse
Fed him on crumbs in his crumbling house
But all the madmen stole what he had
He sent an SOS was very sad
He Made strange electric machines
And sent a doctrine to the Queen
Wanted to marry a Tibetan lama
His everyday a crazy drama
But all his boyfriends they just used him
He said his father had abused him
He got sent to the funny farm
Where they drugged him down and did him harm
And then they moved him God knows where
Do the angels know and do they care?
Sometimes Pete he wouldn't speak
But he would stare and sign the freak
Chanted OM in lotus position
In bars and clubs it was forbidden
What do we do with a 'diamond dog'
With a third eye painted on his head
Do we electrify Cleopatra
And lay the body in a bed?