John Prine nails * to the wall!

[no_hypocrisy]

Fifth song of new album, Fair and Square

Some Humans Ain't Human

(Halfway through song)

(Spoken)
Have you ever noticed
When you're feeling really good
There's always a pigeon
That'll come shit on your hood
Or you're feeling your freedom
And the world's off your back
Some cowboy from Texas
Starts his own war in Iraq

(Singing)
Some humans ain't human
Some people ain't kind
They'll lie through their teeth
With their head up their behind
You open up their hearts
And here's what you'll find
Some human's ain't human
Some people ain't kind

[acmavm]

1. Mr. Prine certainly does have a fine way with words. n/t

[johnaries]

2. I love John Prine. Now more than ever! Great lyrics! n/t

[gardenista]

3. And your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore

It's already overcrowded
from your dirty little war.

Now, Jesus don't like killing
no matter what the reason's for.

And your flag decal won't get you
into heaven any more.

[LiberalEsto]

4. I love John Prine

"Your flag decal won't get you into heaven any more
It's already overcrowded from your dirty little war.
Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reason for,
so your flag decal won't get you into heaven any more."

one of my old Prine favorites from the Vietnam era

[peacefreak]

5. Prine has been singing it for years

Sam Stone


There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears, don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios

Sam Stone came home to his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas
And the time he had served had shattered all his nerves
And left a little shrapnel in his knee
But morphine eased the pain, and the grass grew round his brain
And gave him all the confidence he lacked
With a Purple Heart, and a monkey on his back

Sam Stone's welcome home didn't last too long
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
So Sam took to stealing when he got that empty feeling
For a hundred-dollar habit, without overtime
But the gold flowed through his veins like a thousand railroad trains
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose
While his kids ran round wearing other people's clothes

Sam Stone was alone when he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
And he played his last request while the room just smelled like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
You see, life had lost its fun, there was nothing to be done
But trade his house he'd borrowed on the G.I. bill
For a flag-draped casket on the local heroes' hill

[msongs]

6. bush ain't a cowboy, cain't be about him :-) nt

[FatDave]

8. The only times "Bush" and "cowboy" should appear in the same sentence...

...are with one or more of "wannabe", "immitation", and "fake".

(Unless you're just saying "My juniper bush is shaped like a cowboy")

[pstans]

7. Great song