Rufus and Beverly Songtext
von Bryan Bowers

Oh, Rufus could play the piano
And he drove an American car
He worked nine to sundown in an office downtown
To save us from nuclear war

Beverly came from Seattle
Played the mouth harp quite well, so they say
She used to write songs in an old-timey style
In hopes she could sell them someday

Now Rufus and Bev became sweethearts
And nature could not be denied
They did the things lovers do under the covers
As happy as clams at high tide


One morning, says Rufus to Beverly
As they lay in the fondest embrace
"Dear, I have to confess with some minor distress
There′s an issue I fear we must face"

"For this body you see here before you
Was once more like yours than like mine
But I sought the compliance of medical science
To change to the sex masculine"

Beverly stared back in silence
And said, "Rufus, don't rue what you′ve done
For I have surrendered a masculine gender
For this other more feminine one"

So these lovers went back to their passions
And their passions were scarcely defused
And the knot they soon tied, although deep down inside
They were ever so slightly confused