When Deities Die (1978)

As the clouds ascend the windward side

Of mountains blackened by a sorrowed sky

You need remember that a special secret lies

With all those that have spiritually died

From the pagodas of Southern China

To Cambodia's temple of Angkor Wat

No people of this culture could be finer

Then that which inhabits the melting pot.

Those who stood behind your Catholic church

And they who laughed at your graduation class

Seeking a new lifestyle is a desperate search

Losing face is like disowning your caste

If in forbidden places you sought to dwell

And now regret your position there

It's too late to return from Hell

A deep secret with him you now share

Mistakes of previous days on cold floors

Are not erased in forthcoming years

Someday they may knock at your door

You open them and remember the tears

Lest we forget that ten thousand miles away

In fenced in gardens with rocks and trees

Memories seem suppressed and fears allayed

But for one experience you fall to your knees

So establish your concubines well

And make your skills known

But remember your place in Hell

With those you tried to own