Here's My Dowry, Daisy Poem by Mark Heathcote

I want to open up my heart again
and hear that old cuckoo that hourly
wanted-you? Oh, I'm a tragedienne
no one can save me now here is my dowry.

I'll pay whatever it takes to have you
I'll pay whatever it takes to kiss you
I'll pay whatever it takes to hold you
I'll pay whatever it takes to warm your bones
I'll pay whatever it takes to take off your clothes
I'll pay whatever it takes to hear your groans
I'll pay whatever it takes to sing my creole songs.

Oh, I want to open up my heart again
and hear that old cuckoo that hourly,
wanted you, oh I'm a tragedienne
no one can save me now here is my dowry.
Oh, I'll pay you whatever it takes, make no mistakes
I'll pay whatever it takes to have you
I'll pay whatever it takes to kiss you
I'll pay whatever it takes to hold you.

Till I hear in my heart the sound of that old cuckoo
that hourly sang his heart out to you
oh, I'll pay you whatever it takes, make no mistakes
I want to warm your bones, take off all your clothes
I want to hear your loving moans
oh, I'll pay whatever it takes to sing my creole songs
you might think I'm kind of crazy
but I love you more each day we're apart, my Daisy.

Coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo
oh Daisy, how I love you.
Here's my dowry, Daisy
coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo
oh Daisy, how I love warming your bones
oh Daisy, how I love taking off your plumage clothes
oh Daisy, how I love hearing your twilight groans
oh Daisy, how I love singing you my old creole songs.
Coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo
Ooh Daisy, how I love you.
Here's my dowry, Daisy
coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo
coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo
coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo, coo, cuckoo.