#1052. 'Noma

A tribute to my father.  A retired dermatologist who made the unusual trek from Elizabeth, NJ > Wheeling, WV > Scottsdale, AZ.  With plenty of other stops along the way.  A man whose societal achievements and philanthropic activities are too numerous to mention.

 

 

‘Noma
sonofsaf

Dr. Saferstein from Wheeling
He’d give you a cancer screening
Diagnosis will be stated
Upon thorough examination  

Patient
Patient

His waiting room was always full
Bedside manner he'd console
Plantar warts in all of their glory
The eczema is red and itchy

Psoriasis shit
Psoriasis shit
Psoriasis ain’t melanoma
A wart he’d freeze it
A wart he’d freeze it
Acne to blame it’s on displayin’

Melanoma I’m just sayin’
Tanning booth is misbehaving
He was so concerned about skincare
He’d help clear up the younger faces

 

Coma
Stone Temple Pilots

Tar and feathers hide your feelings
If you even know the meaning
Your high road is overrated
You left your guru out there hangin'

Don't stay
Don't stay

Your appetite's insatiable
Devouring one thousand souls
It's more or less the same ole story
The princess and the whore. The lady.

Nobody sees it
Nobody hears it
Nobody breathin' in a coma
So keep your secret
Your perfect secrets
It's just a game but no one's playin'

In a coma lying, waiting
Desire fills the lonely craving
So many trampled-under footwear
But more to fill the trophy cases.

 

Definitely one of my favorite STP songs.  That live video from the 2001 Rolling Rock Town Fair in Latrobe, PA pretty much sums it up.  Sick, raw energy.

I'm virtually certain my father's unfamiliar with the song.  The band too for that matter.  

In the past, I've shared a few of my parodies with my father.  But I'm gonna spare him on this one.

Stone Temple Pilots:

5-29-00, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA

Please don't share this material with any practicing or retired dermatologists.