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Recorded this when I was sick so my voice is a little gone. That’s probably why the song itself is quite dark.
Cornfields
I just walked in and settled on a bar stool
The floor was mighty sticky neath my old shoes
The smell of cigarettes was all around me
The bar man asked what I’d like to have that evening
I just made friends with the neck of a bottle
And I don’t think I’ll be coming up for air
As the bar man placed my drink inside my calm hand
He said my face looked as tired as an old man
I didn’t see no reason to tell no lies
So I looked that motherfucker in his cold eyes
I just made friends with a third of a bottle
And I don’t think I’ll be coming up for air
I said I just got back from old man Ward’s place
He owed me fifty dollars from a card game
He wouldn’t pay so I hit him with a spade
The smell of blood and hay was all around me
I just made friends with the best of a bottle
And I don’t think I’ll be coming up for air
I said I left his body in the cornfield
So the buzzards could all take turns to get their fill
I finished up my drink and turned around
The sheriff and his fucks were gunning me down
I just made friends with the bottom of a bottle
And I don’t think I’ll be coming up for air
So I threw my back out at work today whilst lifting thirty-five pounds of ice. I found this somewhat embarrassing. I mean, if I’d cut my finger off at least there would be a lot of blood flying around. They got someone to close for me, but I decided to stick it out a little bit. Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever worked six hours with a constant nagging pain, but it ain’t fun. In fact it downright sucks balls. So I get home and look on the trusty internet to see what treatment options mights be available as I’d never thrown my back out before. I read one article that said to treat it exactly the same way you’d treat a sprained ankle. Having never sprained my ankle either, I did a search for that. It said to put ice on it. That’s right. The same thing that fucked up my back is now going to help heal it. I said, “fuck that” and used frozen corn instead.
