plastichappy

maybe it's the political climate of late
or the fact that my boss got a bitchin
stereo put in his truck but War Pigs
by Black Sabbath has to be just about
the best song ever written.

my song is not completed yet but i'll
put the first two verses in progress here.
born out of the night we all sat around and
ate smoked duck and drank and sang and laughed:

Big Jim Swill was a man of the earth
and he drove his heart like a hammer
way down in ohia
Down where the buckeye crosses to kentucky
his arms grew tight
his back brown from the sun
way down in ohia
tobacco in his teeth and a terrror in his eye
found himself a girl and found himself a lie
way down in ohia

Pretty Jinny Scold lived in the breezes
and she blew right through Big Jim
way down in ohia
Down where the buckeye crosses to kentucky
her heart forced open
her hair golden with the sun
way down in ohia
she had a pocket full of crickets just in case he cracked a joke
had a fist full of kisses and a stroke full of fight
way down in ohia