Quiz Night at Looky Lou's

Quiz Night at Looky Lou's - John K. Samson

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

I trust you know what to do

I can't recall what we were waiting in line for

When the first plane fell a block away

And the next even closer

Massive thumps and flames

Then I woke up with a calico cat on my chest

In the basement of a bar in Sudbury

I sang to it calmly with my mind and it obeyed my commands

Slunk off to rub itself against the leg of a broken

Terminator 2 pinball machine

I dream of the line and the falling planes

Once or twice a week these days

Usually after a particularly challenging quiz night

Which for a reasonable fee and a place to sleep

I administer in bars and lounges across the land

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

When we meet and I sing you this song with my mind

You will know what you need to do

The quiz I have developed is an elaborately

They coded message

A quiz within a quiz

Answerable only by Alpha Adepts and mind singers

Each night I am certain they will reveal themselves to me

Each night I am disappointed

I must admit I am getting older

And years of folding my legs into a Greyhound seat every day

Is beginning to dull my powers

Which were once considerable

And are now wasted instructing cats

Or warding off the body odor of my fellow passengers

So when I saw you standing in line in the dream

I felt joyful and certain

When we finally meet tonight at

Looky Lou's Sports Tavern in Sioux Lookout

I will sing you the following song with my mind

And hand you all my quiz materials

I trust you will know what to do

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

When we meet and I sing you this song with my mind

You will know what you need to do

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

Quiz night at Looky Lou's

I trust you will know what to do