Markus Proschek. Painful Pleasures

MALE: It’s a cold and an empty feeling,
just staring endlessly
at a cold and an faceless ceiling,
and wondering where she’ll be.

FEMALE: Then at last when I think he’s found me,
at last my time has come.
Ah, the women are all around me,
and I’m back where I started from.

HERMAPHRODITE: But here’s some news,
I’ll make it plain.
Friends you haven’t a thing to lose,
just forget all the old taboos,
you’ve got really much more to gain.

Just get closer to
the one you’re close to.
And that needn’t be
the one you’re s’posed to.

Cast out your fears,
chase them away.
You’ve been waiting around for years,
now it’s time that you shifted gears,
why be glum when you could be gay?

Once around should suffice,
if you’ll just slip a little versa into your vice.

Lyrics: Salon Kitty (seq.1 ) 1976