By the time I got to Searchlight

[rufus dog]

A response to another comment, and as posted there, a very big apology to Joni Mitchell.



I came upon a child of Satan
He was walking along the road
And I asked him “Where are you going?”
And this he told me…

I am going on down to Searchlight Town
I’m going to join a hateful band
I’m going to rape the land.
I’m going to imprison my soul .. fuck me

We are bitter
We are old
We are white and we have to have to get this black guy back to the plantation.

Then can I walk beside you?
I have come to be a slob
And I feel to be an ignorant tool in something turning.

Well maybe it is just the time of the year,
Or maybe it’s the time of racists
I don’t know shit, that is who I am,
But you know life is all for hating.

We are bitter
We are old
We are white and we have to have to get this black guy back to the plantation.

By the time we got to Searchlight
We were half a thousand strong
And Everywhere there was dissention and a hateful nation.

And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun on the sky.
And they were turning into bigger bombers taking out liberals
And we could not contain our elation.

We are bitter
Billion year hard on
We are old
We love the devil’s bargain
and we have to have to get this black guy back to the plantation.

[Cetacea]

1. Brilliant.

I doubt she would mind.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. K & R

What else can I add?

Oh yes -- I'm white, I'm old, and I'm bitter. But, damn it, I'm a LIBERAL!

:evilgrin:

--d!

[omega minimo]

3. There's more to it than than, isn't there?

:shrug:

[Morning Dew]

4. Sweet. well done.

[eridani]

5. Looks like we have a challenger to Salmon Chanted Evening's crown n/t

[tkmorris]

6. Not bad. Not bad at all.

But then I am inspired to go find and view again this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NquX-YtCUJI&feature=related . Being reminded of who Joni is and was, I cannot think she would approve of the anger in your rewrite. *I* do, but it's her song. And ya know, it's a song that really ought be left alone. Hearing her do it as she originally intended it to be is as close to an epiphany as I am likely to get.

[lillypaddle]

7. Wow

That's great!

[barbtries]

8. sing it!

put it on you tube. i especially loved the "half a thousand strong" part. :rofl: