Balloon Factory - Dandi Wind

I was a-working overtime at the balloon factory

When I made, I made, I made a discovery

I pulled it from the discard pile and oh so carefully

Brushed sawdust from the face of the virgin mommy!

The face of (the) virgin Mother on (a) deflated balloon

Oh yeah, I started laughing and I starting to swoon

I kissed the cold rubber, tears welling in my eyes

A miracle?

Hell yes!

I started to cry

I brought the ballon real close, an inch from my face

I said «Mary is their something that you’ve got to say?»

«You've chosen me as your interpreter,»

«Relay me a message», but all I got out of her was:

Wang Diddly Dang

Dang Diddle Biddle Wang

Wong Bong Ding Dong

Oh yeah…

I said «What the fuck you saying?

Is that Cantonese?»

And then apologized for cussing, and got down on my knees

I was a-worried that maybe I was losing my mind

With all this praying I needed to verify

I called my friend Juanita

«Come on over here, go!»

Excited but nervous 'cuz I did not know

If I was nuts or if the virgin would soon appear

But then Juanita genuflected right then and there!

We told the boss all about it

And soon we got some pews

Everybody stopped working

(We) made the press and the news

Unpaid vacation for that very night

But no one left, we just held hands

And started to recite:

Wang Diddly Dang

Dang Diddle Biddle Wang

Wong Bong Ding Dong

After that I gained some local celebrity

I was Promoted to be the head balloon inspectee

They bought a gilded frame and mounted Virgin inside

And above my very desk she came to reside

She hung there for years for her cult of the devoted

But their love could not prevent her image had come eroded

Hot sun began to warp 'til she could barely be seen

But right before she vanished, Mary whispered this to me: