From the recording Songs of My People
Lyrics
BIG BAD WOLF
(words and music by David E. Johnston)
You got me flying through the forest like a bird on fire
You got me seeing double just the way that you like
You’re watching me now through that knot in the tree
Big black eyes gnawing up at me
You got me running through the forest to your little old shack
Following the smell of the fur on your back
Is this the way you want me? Down on my knees
Begging for scraps to fall from your teeth?
Big bad wolf, what you have for me?
A basketful of kisses, or maybe some meat?
My appetite grows like the weed in the hole
It knows no bounds, consuming my soul
Big black wolf, your seed in me
Diseasing all the things that were good in me
My appetite grows like the weed in the hole
Big bad wolf, let me suckle your soul
O Father, why’d you let it get this far
O Father, why’d you let it get this far
You said that fairy tales don’t come through
You said that creatures of the night can’t break through
You said what can’t kill you can make you strong
Then why I am running to this wolfen’s arms?
Is this the way you want me?
Is this the way you want me?