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Tantric Mantra

by Dave Van Ronk

on Going Back To Brooklyn (1985)

I woke up this morning with a toothache again
And I think I'm beginning to understand pain
Oh, what does it matter, an impacted tooth
If it helps me to understand beauty and truth

Since no dentist can tell me what it's all about
I'll just contemplate truth 'til my teeth all fall out

Oh, Tantric Mantra
Treetop tall
Oh won't you kindly turn your dharma down