Shel Silverstein
The Man Who Got No Sign
Ko-we-ha Gemini Jim taw Scorpio Salo
Taw sejno-nej-o-to-kono o-ha-na-shi-te-saw
There was Gemini Jim and Scorpio Sal they was livin' by the Golden Gate
Freezin' their nose and wearin' leather clothes and dealin' every way but straight
They had a Leo dog and a Capricorn cat and everything was goin' fine
Until into their life, on a moonless night, come the man who got no sign
He roared right in like some evil wind and he rolled himself a righteous smoke
As the thunder crashed and the lightning flashed, he took a toke and spoke
Said he was born in an astrological warp when the stars refused to shine
On the cusp of Nowhere and Nevermore, he's the man that got no sign
Then he told a story of an endless search to find his missin' part
And Scorpio Sal, she smiles at him tries to do his chart
But then, Pisces Ben, who was Jim's best friend, said man you must be blind
You better grab your knife and take the life of the man who'd got no sign
And so it happened and his blood run soaked the ground
The arrest was made by Sheriff Slade, an Aquarius thru and thru
But the jailer was a Sagittarius, so he beat Jim black and blue
And then they dragged him up to the courthouse stairs. They said "Jim, how do you plea?"
He said, "Man, the moon's in Virgo, so the blame don't fall on me."
Well the jury all was the Libras so you know they was more than fair
But the lawyer was an Aries and an Aries just don't care
The judge, he was a Cancer and Cancers have no friends
But the hangman was a Taurus and that's where the circle ends