Dead Horse Bay
Words and music by Lloyd Miller
(c)(p) 2010
Broken baby dolls and animal bones
that’s what I found at Dead Horse Bay
Pets used to come here
and leave as glue
So if you hear a bark or neigh…
Put your Leopard-skin pocketbook on your shoulder… now sashay
Fill up your wooden pipe even though it’s far decayed
Shake your silver rattle, don’t listen to the sound
Pour your tea before the spout falls to the ground
Dead Horse Bay
Can Sitar Boy sing without a head?
Dead Horse Bay
Can a heel from a shoe walk without a leg?
These are the things we found while walking one day
along the beach at Dead Horse Bay
I’d like to come here,
leave as glue
hold together the next thing you make
Object
Lizard Skin Pocketbook, Horse Bones, Silver Rattle, Pipe, Demolished Teapot
Body of Water
About the Artist
The Deedle Deedle Dees are an educational rock band based in Brooklyn, NY. Since October 2003, the band has been entertaining family audiences with songs inspired by history and science–”Underground Railroad,” “Nellie Bly,” “Rancher Ants”–as well as simple movement-based tunes like “Play Your Hand” and “Vegetarian T-Rex.” The Dees current line-up features Ulysses S. Dee (aka Lloyd Miller, teacher) on upright bass, rhythm guitar and vocals; Innocent Dee (aka Anand Mukherjee, teacher) on lead guitar and vocals; Booker Dee (aka Chris Johnson, teacher, choir director) on keyboards, banjo, ukulele and accordion; and Otto Von Dee (aka Ely Levin, writer) on drums. You can find them online at www.thedeedledeedledees.com.