Barbara Crook

I awoke with a start

Lacking the rhythm of a beating heart

I stand up and look around a foreign a twilight plain

Where the hell have I ended up

From on high called a man

Pacing on air the heralds wand in hand

Irritable he said you're running late come along this way

Your final judgement day awaits

But take heed and keep your wits about you

For there's a demon on the loose

Wear this warning like the ink in an aged tatoo

Beware, of Barbara Crook

She's off the hook

We arrive at a river

And slip through the crowd that had gathered there

Front up for the ferry departing to the promised land

To the woe of those who can't afford the fare

Once aboard Charon said

There's a reason for their wailing eternal spirits fading their old forgotten anxiety flares

This beast on the prowl is a creature so fowl even Typhon couldn't snuff her out

She's got the nose of a bloodhound horns that drag the sun down claws that give the grizzlys pause

She's a terror instigator the prime dissimulator nothing keeps her from her prize

So if you feel the ground start shaking

You better go run and hide

And if you see the air start quaking

You're out of time

It was quiet on the road

As we prepare for the trial of our souls

Up ahead a black palace glittered on the skyline

Housing the masters of our fates

We walked through the front gates

The judges lazed on their chairs as they wait

Then a tremor rocked the walls and they began to crack

Followed by a rumble with the cadence of thunder

With an almighty crash the monster of our nightmares

Charged through and stood above us all

She seized me and dragged me through to the depths of hell

To the home of Barbara Crook

She's off the hook