Grist For The Malady Mill by Mewithoutyou
Grist For The Malady Mill lyrics
Rabbit fled, best guess, toward home
Fox & Bear toward Yellowstone
Walrus, north to the border towns
Peacock swayed like a reed on the fence a while
(with a stalwart sense of style!)
as the policemen�s nets came down
Word of the crash had spread fast and spread far
From Clark�s Fork to Blackfoot Reservoir
more grist for the malady mill
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
"Brass Hat slept at the helm of that woeful train�
Ain�t it an awful shame!
And don�t it just break your heart to hear of so much
pain?"
Casey Jones walked slow to the prison cell
His face held hard as a scallop shell
[CONDUCTOR:] "Well, I wish I wished you well,
but your last friend on Earth now calls
from the silent side of the cemetery walls
your great cause to the moths and the rust!"
[ELEPHANT (Fanning her ears with a calm in her eyes):]
"It�s the laws of cause and effect that you criticize
But sir, criticize them you must"
Three miles more �til Flagstaff
Follow behind signs toward Badger Pass
Wound like clocks around fretboards
Carved out hands in our basswood body guitars -
borrowed guitars (borrowed hands!)
I�m clearly not as handsome or caring as what you seem
to want,
but I�d gladly walk you home,
�cause those streets can be dangerous
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
"frog switch slipped and that reckless beast is to
blame
Ain�t it an awful shame!
And don�t it just break your heart to hear of so much
pain?"
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