Envy

Under the artist name Mick Farren and Jack Lancaster, 1995 brought yet another side of Mick with The Deathray Tapes, a live performance consisting mostly of spoken-word material – but this is no 1960’s flower-child poetry reading.  Most of the performances go on for 6 or 8 minutes, while “Envy” is just a short verse:

     I used to envy Elvis, but then he got fat and died. 

     I used to envy Marlon Brando, but then he got fat and his kid died. 

     I used to envy Jim Morrison, but then I got out of the tub. 

     Now I don’t envy anyone, because it causes bloating, and far too many funerals.