lirik lagu parquet courts - uncast shadow of a southern myth
[andrew savage]
i’d seen the bloodlands of antietam
the shotgun shack in tupelo
but a brick circ-mference left hollow by sherman
crumbling before me how it moaned
his shape swallows my recollection
that phantom silhouette implied
strange fruit rotting from an airborne and hotter than h-ll
is this the king’s last man i’ve spied?
i stood there beside my companion
scratching a rumor he had heard
do you have a gun?
what? he said, yeah, you mean this one?
straight down the barrel was his word
and i smelt the fumes he inhaled swiftly
each word was hinged upon his choke
like kudzu creeping up a state tree discretely
forever bending as it broke
and i heard the jangling keys of graceland
ring from his t–th stained brown from c0ke
drunk and stumbling like a man of distinction
they clamored shaking as he spoke
of droves of pilgrims at his doorway
of reagan, carter, clinton, gore
fortunes offered them, refused routinely
this ain’t no d-mn auction house he swore
black male standing around 6 foot something
ebbs through the waves of small town blight
a minute coldly from southern affection
collides secretly into night
forgive those who tresp-ss against us
began as the dead intruders plea
into the very muzzle i’d once peered into
he gives the last words he will speak
but that broken gl-ss supports forced entry
reminds his lawyer through the phone
what southern judge do you know, comforting gently
who jails white men who defend their home
no souls were present for the moment
his bombed out brick walls finally fell
lying face down in the throes of atonement
checked out of the heartbreak hotel
he was the uncast shadow of a southern myth [x5]
Lirik lagu lainnya:
- lirik lagu greta svabo bech - all my bones
- lirik lagu cotton mather - little star
- lirik lagu ryyzn - blah
- lirik lagu solystik - pardonne moi
- lirik lagu keso - escritor de interiores
- lirik lagu dave matthews,tim reynolds - loving wings
- lirik lagu kap g - basic
- lirik lagu planet giza - you wasn't lyin'
- lirik lagu lil b - this is the game
- lirik lagu la'porsha renae - lock you down