Way around the lake
beyond the trees that crowd the moat
there is a warm place I remember
where all the high garret rooms have skylights.
Mamasan is in command
and for a fee
she’ll forget anything.
You can get there in a 70 yen cab.

Listen if the night will let you
to songs I sing and things I say
tomorrow when the air is different
you’ll forget and go away.


mamasan - a woman in a position of authority, 
especially one in charge of a geisha house or bar.