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Fireworks

Music and Lyrics by Bertie Higgins
Published by Higginsongs, ASCAP
Master owned by Bertie Higgins
Performed by Bertie Higgins

It was a hot Nassau night
Right in the middle of Junkanoo
And I was full of Kalik beer feeling all right
The night was full of voodoo
We were raising hell down on Marlboro Street
And all along Prince George wharf
When suddenly my eyes happen to see
An octaroon mulatto girl

She had a big fat hat on top of her head
She looked like the queen of the parade
And like the buccaneer Blackbeard said
Let?ˉs pillage plunder let?ˉs get laid
She flashed me a gold toothed smile
Her eyes had diamonds on
She put a mojo on me child
And turned me into Don Juan

She said show me how your fireworks
Show me how your rocket burns
And I?ˉll show you how this chicken jerks
And how this butter churns
She said show me how your fireworks
Give it to me like the fourth of July
And I?ˉll show you how this coffee perks
Let love light up the sky

We laid down beneath a saffron tree
Under some scheffleras shining in the moonlight
She was naked in the breeze pretty as you please
Mon such a beautiful sight
We could hear the clash of a calypso band
Drifting through the hot heavy air
Rolling around in that soft sticky sand
I fell in love right then and there

We went at each other all night long
It sounded like a third world war zone
Then I finally slept I surrendered
When I woke I was alone
And I felt like a pirate who?ˉd just been slain
One heavy heart one helluva head
And if I never ever see her again
I?ˉll never forget what she said

She said show me how your fireworks
Show me how your rocket burns
And I?ˉll show you how this chicken jerks
And how this butter churns
She said show me how your fireworks
Give it to me like the fourth of July
And I?ˉll show you how this coffee perks
Let love light up the sky