Monday, January 28, 2008

Watch Yer Head

Credence Clearwater Revival Band had a song in the late 60's called "It Came Out of the Sky"
"Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't believe what he seen
Laid on the ground a shakin' fearin' for his life
Then he ran all the way to town screamin' it came out of the sky

Well, a crowd gathered round and a scientist said it was marsh gas
Spiro* came and made a speech about raising the Mars tax
The Vatican said, woe, the Lord has come,
Hollywood rushed out an epic film
And Ronnie* the Popular said it was a communist plot

Oh, the newspapers came and made Jody a national hero
Walter* and Eric* said they'd put him on a network TV show
The White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue Room"
The Vatican said, "No, it belongs to Rome"
And Jody said, it's mine and you can have it for seventeen million."
You think this is what they had in mind?

The Gunslinger

(*Note the references to Ronald Reagan, then Governor of California; Spiro Agnew, Vice President under Richard Nixon; Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid, the two most respected television newsmen of the day. Man, it brings me back...!)

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