Speaking In Tongues
Guided by Voices

Eli Courante

The House in the Mangrove


He came to the house in the mangrove
And gently rapped on the door:
Rish-Rash!
But nobody answered, and then, alas,
He went away, away.


He came to the house in the mangrove
And quietly knocked on the door:
Tip-tap!
But nobody answered again, again,
And he went away, away.


He came to the house in the mangrove
And viciously kicked at the door:
Boom! Boom!
But nobody answered again, again,
And he went away, away.


He came to the house in the mangrove
And blasted out the door.
But no one was to be found inside,
And he went away, away.