Shel Silverstein - Man Who Got No Sign lyrics

There was Gemini Jim and Scorpio Sal They was livin' by the Golden Gate Freezin' their nose and wearin' leather clothes And dealin' every way but straight. They had a Leo dog and a Capricorn cat, And everything was goin' fine 'Till into their life on a starless night Come the man who got no sign. Look out, Momma, he's headin' this way, One eye yella and the other one gray, Lookin' for a soul, but he won't get mine. He's the man who got no sign. Well he blew right in, sat right down And rolled himself a righteous smoke. He lit his roach with a lightnin' bolt, He took a toke and spoke. Said he was born in an astrological warp When the moon refused to shine On the cusp of nowhere and nevermore. He's the man who got no sign. Then he told a story of his endless search To find his missing part, And Sal she sits and smiles at him And tries to do his chart. Till Pisces Ben, who was Jim's best friend Said, "Man, you must be blind. Your chick is lost 'cause her star is crossed With the man who got no sign." Then late that night two shots rang out From Jim's old .32. He caught the stranger and Scorpio Sal Doin' what they shouldn't do. When we got to the shed, there was Jim by the bed, Where Scorpio Sal lay dyin'. But a blood-red stain is all that remained Of the man who got no sign. The arrest was made by Sheriff Slade, An Aquarius through and through. And the jailer was a Sagittarius. She he beat Jim black and blue. Then they dragged him up the courthouse steps. They said, "Jim how do you plea?" He said, "Man, the moon's in Virgo So the blame don't fall on me." The jury all was Libras, So you know they was more than fair. But his lawyer was an Aries, And an Aries just don't care. The judge he was a Cancer, And Cancers have no friends. But the hangman was a Taurus, And that's where Jim's story ends. But late at night, when the stars are right And the moon is gray and dim, Two ghostly figures roll around On the grave of Gemini Jim. One is the ghost of Scorpio Sal As she moans and shrieks and grinds, In the endless come that she's gettin' from The man who got no sign.