From: Daibhid Cheinnedelh Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: [I] The aforementioned filks (Was: [M](I think) Filk query) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:53:51 GMT The other one I've been working on recently is what you might call Pulp fantasy... Occult People She came from Sto Lat, she was educated She thought the supernat'ral wasn't rated That's why she Couldn't see I told her her grandad was Death But I could've saved my breath She heard SQUEAK! And as soon as she could speak She said "I don't want to be like occult people "I don't want do the things that occult people do "I don't want to talk to occult people "I don't want to talk to occult people like you." So what else could I do? I called Binky, and off we flew I took her to a wizard's raven I don't know how but he somehow used his beak To translate my squeak She insisted we could not be real She was raised on logic so she'd feel That way (I don't see anyone else disbelieving it) Are you sure You don't want to be like occult people You don't want see the things that occult people see You don't want to talk to occult people You don't want to talk to occult people like me? Cause your powers are quite clear Like the way you disapear Buy sensible clothes from shops Get yourself a quiet job Don't use the stare or the voice Pretend that you have made your choice Still you'll never get it right 'Cause when the monsters come at night From the closet in the hall You can use the power and stop it all You can't help being like occult people Even if you don't quite know what it means You were born to occult people You've got Death built right into your genes And when you say it's not fair The Universe doesn't care Drink at Beirs with the occult people Drink with them and you'll see they're people too Hang around with the occult people Hang around and you'll realise it's true That normal is not for you And there's nothing you can do -- Dave, who will return Official Absentee of EU Skiffysoc http://www.ed.ac.uk/~sesoc Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is "Bad" Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.