Elton John - Hey Papa Legba lyrics

He would recount the stories he
Had learned so well
Fourteen years is a long time in one cell
When the pipe is passed the
Opium does it's rounds
Papa legba sitting pretty in
A chicken little town

His textured skin, like leather in the sun
Fingers beating hard upon a native drum
He picks his teeth with a
Splintered back rib bone
Papa legba bears his fangs and lays alone

Hey papa legba, hoo boo-be do
Hey papa legba, no one gonna bother you
Hey papa legba, hoo boo-be do
Shake papa legba, no one's
Gonna bother you tonight, alright

He was free to dance alone
Where the spirit's run
His almond eyes would twinkle
On a hundred sons
His champagne toast and white meat on a spit
Papa legba's drunken with a
Smile upon his lips