Alfred C. Martino: Singer/Songwriter/Novelist
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You're Like A Permanent Flu

I hate lookin' at you
'cause ya robbed me blind
Infected my thoughts
And ate at my mind

Can't get far enough away
While you fester inside me
You're another man's trinket
While ya rust my heart's key

Can't seem to shake you
You're like a permanent flu
Been searchin' for a cure
Don't know what to do

Can't seem to shake you
You're like a permanent flu
Been lookin' for a cure
Don't know what to do

I'm yours, my honey
Heard too many times
Can't help but retch now
From your siren-call eyes

The way ya strut around
Like something desirous
Should have a warning label
Danger, femme fatale virus

Can't seem to shake you
You're like a permanent flu
Been searchin' for a cure
Don't know what to do

Can't seem to shake you
You're like a permanent flu
Been lookin' for a cure
Don't know what to do

Hacking cough, wet snot sneeze
Throbbing migraine, burning yellow pee
Bloodshot eyes, mucus thick
Someone says your name, I think I'm gonna be sick

I called the doctor
But he wasn't sure
Said 'til you're dead and buried
It's what I gotta endure

I called my mother
She said I already know
A backbone and a pair
Is what I gotta grow

​Can't seem to shake you
You're like a permanent flu
Been searchin' for a cure
Don't know what to do

Can't seem to shake you
You're like a permanent flu
Been lookin' for a cure
Don't know what to do

​Can't seem to shake you
You're like a permanent flu
Been beggin' for a cure
Don't know what to do

Can't seem to shake you
You're like a fatal disease
I need a vaccination
While ya do what ya please

Things I’d rather get than be with you another second of my life
Ebola, Dengue Fever, Small Pox, Rabies, Lassa, Influenza, Marburg, Swine Flu
Typhoid, Yellow Fever, TB, Yersina, Botulism, Leprosy
A needle in my eye, kick to the crotch, an IRS audit

Goddamn right



2025 Alfred C. Martino

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