Текст пісні Funeral (Rap) - Joni Mitchell

Funeral (Rap)

«.led an enormous band.»
Swede: «Oh, But I know he’s very lucky too, because when Mingus dies there’s
gonna be the same funeral they had for Duke Ellington… in a big church and
the whole country’s going to say, wow, he was so far out, you know what i mean?
Charles: «No man, no big church! I’m going to be buried man — I got my shit all
figured out!»
Swede: «You're going to get a big funeral — you’re famous!»
Charles: «Vedanta Society, India, I’m going to be buried in India!»
Swede: «I know, but you’re going to get a big funeral in this country,
and they’ll play your music for two days»
Charles: «Who's going to do that?»
Swede: «It's far out isn’t it, y’know what I mean?»
Charles: «…You want me to hurry up, man»
Swede: «No I don’t want you to hurry up, but in the future, I know you’re going
to get a beautiful funeral — I can see it!»
Charles: «But I got it all planned, man!»
Swede: «…You're going to be here many more years.»
Charles: «You know the Vedanta Society in India. Yuga?»
Swede: «Yeah»
Charles: «Well I’m going to be buried by that church»
Swede: «Yeah?»
Charles: «So they gotta find another place to do it, that’s all.»
Swede: «…Plenty of time to go. You have another fifty years… you’re lucky!»
Charles: «Uh, Duke lived to be 77 years old right?»
Swede: «Right!»
Charles: «I'm gonna cut him!»
Swede: «Coltrane was very strong, you know…»
Charles: «I'm gonna cut Duke!»