Raphael Cutrufello

What’s the Point of Fooling?

Burt Bacharach’s got nothing on you, kid
Heard about the cameos and the work you did
Don’t get so absorbed in things that you claim are dead
Everything that’s gone must be put to bed

Kirk Cameron is a hack compared to you
If you don’t get the part then you’re getting screwed
I’d sell your pictures at the beach in a booth
I believe your brother is a pillar of the truth

You can only turn a handle on an unlocked door
Your misrembered lines make your delivery a bore
is that you laughing or the way you choke
What’s the point of fooling if you ain’t in on the joke

Your concourse ripples like a bright red train
Under swollen sun in the steaming rain
In a desperate cold kicking of a turkey heading south
Silence is the treatment for your mouth

Everything about you is just screaming chairs
On with music off the lights we’ll just stand and stare
If I remind you of a son you never had
I hope that doesn’t leave you feeling bad

Hezekiah Jones is a collection of Philadelphia-area artists orbiting around the songwriting of Raphael Cutrufello. They have released two full-length albums, Hezekiah Says You’re A-Ok (2006), and Have You Seen Our New Fort? (2011), and two EPs, Come to Our Pool Party (2007), and Bread of Teeth (2009), all on Yer Bird Records. Also a split 7-inch, The Asheville Squints (2008), released on Quite Scientific.