listnin to "black cross"
Posted: December 6th, 2005, 1:22 pm
dylan from lord buckley and joseph s newman:
This is the story o' Hezekiah Jones.
Hezekiah Jones lived in a place in Arkansas.
An' he never had too much, 'cept he had some land.
An' he had a couple hogs, and things like that.
'never had much money, but 'e,
Spent what he didn't make as fast as he made it.
So it never really mattered,
That he had much money.
But, in the cupboard there...
He kept in the cupboard...
Kept in the cupboard books.
He called, uh, the books his "Rainy Season".
White folks around th' county there talked about Hezekiah... They... said
"Uh, well-l-l-l... well ol' Hezekiah, he's... he's harmless enough.
but the way I see it he, uh, better put down them goddam books,
Readin' ain't no good fer an ignorant nigger."
One day the, uh, white man's preacher
Came 'round... knockin' on doors.
Knockin' on all the doors in the county.
'e knocked on Hezekiah's door.
'e sez "Hezekiah, you b'lieve in the Lord?"
Hezekiah sez "Well-l-l, I don't know,
I never really seen the Lord...
I can't say as I do".
'e sez "Hezekiah, you b'lieve in the church?"
Hezekiah sez "Well the church is divided ain't they?, a'they..
They can't make up their minds, I, wa' I'm just like them.
I can't make up mine neither".
'e sez "Hezekiah, D'ya b'lieve that if a man is good,
Heaven is his last reward?".
Hezekiah sez "I'm good.
Good as my neighbor".
"You don't b'lieve in nothin'!," said the white man's preacher.
"You don't b'lieve in nothin'!" "Oh yes I do!" sez.. Hezikiah,
"I believe... that a man, should be, indebted to his neighbor.
Not for the reward of a Heaven, or of a fear o' hell fire".
"But you don't understand!"
said the white man's preacher.
"There's a lot of good ways
For a man to be wicked..."
An' they hung Hezikiah... as high as a pidgeon.
White folks around there said
"Well-l-l... He had it comin'...
'Cause the son-of-a-bitch never had no religion!"
seems that kind of thing aint to far off from the sentiment today. across town here, pat robertson wants God to rain down hellfire upon the villagers for challenging the idea that religious philosophy should be taught as physical science. racism is strong here, too. so it's not like the town of dover, pa deserves any undo praise.
i'm depressed today because of all the backwards steps we're taking. you try to tell me that if the civil rights movement hadnt succeeded, that gwb would support integration. we're reliving censorship, secretive govt bullying, there is just as much religious fanaticism in this country as there is in the middle east.
are we stupid? we keep reliving these pasts, so obvious and so close. history repeats itself, yeah, but come on.
jefferson called for a revolution every 10 years. it's time. cant handle 3 more years of this. someone needs to coup that motherfucker.
anyway, strong song by dylan, cut from a live recording in 1961 gaslight club. i need to get back to listnin to country music.
i had a job i had a girl
i had somethin goin mister in this world
i got laid off down at the lumber yard
our love went bad, times got hard
now i work down at the carwash
where all it ever does is rain
dont you feel like a rider on a downbound train
she just said "joe i gotta go"
we had it once we aint got it anymore
she packed her bags, left me behind
she bought a ticket on the central line
nites as i sleep i hear that whistle whinin
feel her kiss in the misty rain
and i feel like a rider on a downbound train
thats better. nothin like country.
This is the story o' Hezekiah Jones.
Hezekiah Jones lived in a place in Arkansas.
An' he never had too much, 'cept he had some land.
An' he had a couple hogs, and things like that.
'never had much money, but 'e,
Spent what he didn't make as fast as he made it.
So it never really mattered,
That he had much money.
But, in the cupboard there...
He kept in the cupboard...
Kept in the cupboard books.
He called, uh, the books his "Rainy Season".
White folks around th' county there talked about Hezekiah... They... said
"Uh, well-l-l-l... well ol' Hezekiah, he's... he's harmless enough.
but the way I see it he, uh, better put down them goddam books,
Readin' ain't no good fer an ignorant nigger."
One day the, uh, white man's preacher
Came 'round... knockin' on doors.
Knockin' on all the doors in the county.
'e knocked on Hezekiah's door.
'e sez "Hezekiah, you b'lieve in the Lord?"
Hezekiah sez "Well-l-l, I don't know,
I never really seen the Lord...
I can't say as I do".
'e sez "Hezekiah, you b'lieve in the church?"
Hezekiah sez "Well the church is divided ain't they?, a'they..
They can't make up their minds, I, wa' I'm just like them.
I can't make up mine neither".
'e sez "Hezekiah, D'ya b'lieve that if a man is good,
Heaven is his last reward?".
Hezekiah sez "I'm good.
Good as my neighbor".
"You don't b'lieve in nothin'!," said the white man's preacher.
"You don't b'lieve in nothin'!" "Oh yes I do!" sez.. Hezikiah,
"I believe... that a man, should be, indebted to his neighbor.
Not for the reward of a Heaven, or of a fear o' hell fire".
"But you don't understand!"
said the white man's preacher.
"There's a lot of good ways
For a man to be wicked..."
An' they hung Hezikiah... as high as a pidgeon.
White folks around there said
"Well-l-l... He had it comin'...
'Cause the son-of-a-bitch never had no religion!"
seems that kind of thing aint to far off from the sentiment today. across town here, pat robertson wants God to rain down hellfire upon the villagers for challenging the idea that religious philosophy should be taught as physical science. racism is strong here, too. so it's not like the town of dover, pa deserves any undo praise.
i'm depressed today because of all the backwards steps we're taking. you try to tell me that if the civil rights movement hadnt succeeded, that gwb would support integration. we're reliving censorship, secretive govt bullying, there is just as much religious fanaticism in this country as there is in the middle east.
are we stupid? we keep reliving these pasts, so obvious and so close. history repeats itself, yeah, but come on.
jefferson called for a revolution every 10 years. it's time. cant handle 3 more years of this. someone needs to coup that motherfucker.
anyway, strong song by dylan, cut from a live recording in 1961 gaslight club. i need to get back to listnin to country music.
i had a job i had a girl
i had somethin goin mister in this world
i got laid off down at the lumber yard
our love went bad, times got hard
now i work down at the carwash
where all it ever does is rain
dont you feel like a rider on a downbound train
she just said "joe i gotta go"
we had it once we aint got it anymore
she packed her bags, left me behind
she bought a ticket on the central line
nites as i sleep i hear that whistle whinin
feel her kiss in the misty rain
and i feel like a rider on a downbound train
thats better. nothin like country.