Charles Bukowski - My Friend Andre (Live) lyrics

This kid used to teach at Kansas U
Then they moved him out
He went to a bean factory
Then he and his wife moved to the coast
She got a job and worked a while
He looked for a job as an actor
"I really want to be an actor" He told me
"That's all I want to be"
He came by with his wife he came by alone
The streets around here are full of
Guys who want to be actors
I saw him yesterday
He was rolling cigarettes
I poured him some white wine
"My wife is getting tired
Of waiting" He said
"I'm going to teach karate"
His hands were all swollen from hitting
Them against bricks, and walls, And doors
He told me about some of
The great oriental fighters
The was one guy got so good
He could turn his head one hundred and eighty
Degrees to see who was behind him
"That's very hard to do" He said
It's more difficult to fight
Four men properly
Placed than to fight many more
When you have many more
They get in each other's way
And a good fighter
Who has much strength and agility can do well
"Some of the great fighters" He said
"Even attempt to suck their
Balls into their body
This can be done, to some extent
Because there are natural cavities
In the body" "If you stand upside down
You will notice this"
I gave him a little more white wine
Then he left you know
Sometimes making it with a typewriter
Isn't so painful after all