Tim Mills
yeah we journeyed far in outer space
crash-landed on a wasted
hard familiar face
‘tis our purple mountain’s majestic
fall from grace
into earl scheib’s
fresco-o-o canyon
where mista fat wallet’s
got no-o-o companion
so it’s way way way too unfriendly hot
from all that nuthin’
that nobody’s got
no thanks to penthoused misanthropes
n outhoused interlopes n fools
who bogart the frigidaire
n melt the community’s cool
‘cause it’s ferguson ev’rywhere now
we gotta get it all together
in the garden
to work that gospel plow
‘cause it’s ferguson ferguson ferguson
ev’rywhere ev’rywhere ev’rywhere now
long ago n faraway
mother frank sang ‘bout watts l.a.
no way to delay
that trouble comin’ ev’ryday
fast forward
to ferguson’s photogenic fangs
fast forward
where ferguson’s freedom bell rang
when it’s sundown here get steppin’ now go-scram
‘fore they turn up the tater mash crash program
but go ahead
n change the channel
go take yer kin
n jump down a manhole
go brush it off like dander
goose yerself with cliches
that are good for the gander
‘cause it’s just another riot
with ferguson’s food stamps
on a burundian diet
n hope there’s enuff ted nugent fans
who’d love to wrap their cold dead hands
‘round their rugers
if only to deny it
that it’s ferguson ev’rywhere now
we gotta get it all together
in the garden
to work that gospel plow
‘cause it’s ferguson ferguson ferguson
ev’rywhere ev’rywhere ev’rywhere now
gotta get it all together
get it all together
get it all together
in the garden
to work that gospel plow
‘cause it’s ferguson ferguson ferguson
ev’rywhere ev’rywhere ev’rywhere now
blow yer harmonica son [2014]
All I can say is “ditto”.
Well written Tim Mills
Ditto
Very well written Mr. Tim Mills
I have a lot of good reading here to catch up on. You have mighty thoughts put to a very heartfelt rythm!
Well said dad !!