Gage's place slides in.)Īnd the rumor is long as your lady's not looking to tie you down ('less you like it like that) ![]() (making their way back to his room - street set backs away, Mrs. So you best let little ol' me escort you back to your bed. There are tourist traps that terrorize with tales of the undead, (Three lascivious-looking passersby sing "Watch out, boy") 'cause there's danger everywhere you look Rumor has it I'm the gal at the crossroads saloonĪnd I bet you can find your way down to the bottom of that little bottleīut you might get all turned around on these curvy, curvy city streets pretty soon. Rumor has it you're a man who's at a crossroads They walk out into the gathering night of the French Quarter, and her conversation turns to things spooky and scary - and as their mating dance plays out toward its seemingly-inevitable conclusion of a hot 'n' raunchy night back at his room, she sings to him: And it’s my toilet, so I can call it that") and then picks up a good-looking, sexy redhead he's been eyeing at the end of the bar. He has a dispiriting conversation with Delgado, the proprietor, ("You wouldn’t be playing this toilet if theĪrenas were still calling. The third song (as it stands right now) in BEAUTIFUL POISON is called "Rumor Has It." It takes place after Conti's brief, halfhearted sound check at Delgado's club in New Orleans. (He heads to the small stage with one microphone on a stand - begins to unpack his guitar.)īut for now he's passing through here, and he's got a job to do here, 'cause when he looks he sees an aging Peter Pan who never ever had a Tinker Bell.Īnd Mister One-Hit Wonder wonders if he's on the road to hell. Mister One-Hit Wonder doesn't much like the face there behind the mask, Mister One-Hit Wonder takes a hit of courage from his little flask. ![]() (Another sip from his flask as he crosses to.ĭelgado’s. He's riding the long, long tail of his fameĪnd the darkening skies that once lit up his nameĪre now showing the shadows in corners that he'd rather ![]() No time for a family, they would not understand. 'cause he's a hit single, not a family man. He thought he had picked the right way to go, (As he sings, the Gage House disappears behind him.) Mister one-hit wonder's eye was wandering even while he walked down the aisle.Īnd since that day he's seen a lot of lovely women in and out of his revolving doorīut mister one-hit wonder gives them one hit, and leaves 'em when they ask for more. Mister one-hit wonder had a marriage for a little while (He grabs his guitar, comes down the stairs.) there's two men out and two men on,Īnd Mister One-Hit Wonder wonders if his hitting days are gone. Mister One-Hit Wonder coasted for a long time on that ![]() Mister One-Hit Wonder hit a homer first time at bat Gage, and balcony doors that don't open from his 2nd floor room.īefore going to soundcheck at the club he drops his suitcase off at the room, pulls out a flask, drinks from it. He has found a bed and breakfast in the garden district, with a strange spooky landlady, Mrs. With the most amazing product called the "Skeleton Remote"!Ĭause that'll keep you safe where evil lurks,Ĭome on 'round I'll show you how it works.John Conti, aging rock star with one big hit to his name from twenty years ago, is in New Orleans for a two-week acoustic gig at a club in the French Quarter. Skeleton Remote is a song Gil Ferris uses to sell the idea of the skeleton remotes to the public, in the episode " Let's Not Be Skeletons".Ĭause you got villains to come and fight,Īnd I'll tell you it's enough to make a fella feel.
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