DRAGONFLY BLUES by Paul Adragna

Well one day I was just flying around the swamp, just a lonely blue dragonfly looking for a place to rest my wings.
When I came upon my usual spot, there was this rude, crude, green and slimy thing.
See this fat frog had found its way into my secret cove and decided he was just going to park himself right there on my favorite lily pad.
Well… this lumpy, no-good, amphibious shame of nature, without any concern for my feelings, just waltzed in and sat in my spot.
So I asked him- I said, sir, if you don’t mind me saying, I come here everyday just to think.
I told him I rely on this here lily pad because it is quiet, secluded and gives me a few moments of peace.
So if he would kindly move over, perhaps we could share the seat.
Well froggy replied, to what I thought to be generous offer, “NO” and he turned around and continued to just take up space.
At first I could not even believe my little dragonfly ears, but with froggy’s sharp glare and a flick of his sticky tongue, I knew… I knew this frog meant business.
So I turned and I left the cove to contemplate my situation, to wallow in my devastation and hum a little tune.
‘Cause I got those, oh you better believe it, I got those dragonfly blues!

Hey, Froggy! You’re making me sad!
Hey, Froggy! Whoa, you’re making me mad!
Hey, Froggy! Whoa oh no!
Hey, Froggy.

So I continued to roam the swamp, flying here and there, trying cattails and blades of grass just to hold up and relax.
Now, while these were all swell places to stay, nothing compared to my water-front lily on the cove.
And I’ll tell ya, I would do just about anything to get my lily pad back from that slimy, no-good, wretched frog.
Now… little did I know, the solution was about to present itself as I came upon an odd looking fellow with horns upon his head.
Well the creature stepped into my path and introduced himself.
He said, “I am Satan, Lucifer, the Devil, the Prince of fucking Darkness, but you sir… you can call me Jim.”
Well Jim seemed to know what was going and proceeded to tell me that he could grant me the power to remove my oppressor from my cove.
And the power could be mine at, well you guessed it, the price of my little dragonfly soul.
So I weighed the pros… and I weighed the cons… and a dragonfly’s considerably short lifespan and I made a decision.
I suppose you can say contemplated my situation and in complete and utter desperation I made a deal with Jim.
Yes, sir, you better believe it; I made a deal with the devil!

Hey, Froggy! You made me so mad!
Hey, Froggy! Get off my lily pad!
Hey, Froggy! Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Hey, Froggy! I’m coming to get ya

And as I headed towards the cove I could feel the devil’s gift burning deep inside me.
And when I reached my destination, I dove upon my enemy with a furious vengeance and rained fire upon all who lie in my path.
Because I am an all powerful, ferocious, blue, fire breathing dragonfly and all will tremble and bow down before me.
And when it was done, all that was left was the charred remains of poor Froggy and my sweet, sweet lily pad.
I looked around at my once beautiful cove and there was nothing, nowhere to rest my still weary wings.
My cove was destroyed and my home was lost forever, just like Froggy and my lily pad.
I have nothing at all now, nothing but to sit and wait for my day, for Jim to come and collect his payment, to pay my dues.
So I lie here in this water and I contemplate my situation, still wallowing in my devastation and still humming this little tune.
‘Cause we all got those… I got those dragonfly blues!

Hey, Froggy! Get off my lily pad!
Hey, Froggy! You made me oh so mad!
Hey, Froggy! Whoa oh whoa!
Fucking, Froggy.

One, two, three, four!

Dragonfly! Dragonfly! Breathing fucking fire!
Made a deal with Jim. Gave him all that he desired!
Dragonfly! Dragonfly! Burn the fucker down!
Froggy fucked with his shit! Now he’s bleeding out!

I got those dragonfly blues!