resurrectionsong

July 21, 2003

Lyric of the Day (II)


Well, I was workin' on my farm 'bout 1982,

Pullin' up some corn and a little carrot, too

When two low-flying aeroplanes, 'bout a hundred feet high

Dropped a bunch o' bales o' somethin', some hit me in the eye...



So I cut a bale open, an' man was I surprised

Bunch o' large sized baggies, with big white rocks inside

So I took a little sample to my crazy brother Joe

He sniffed it up and kicked his heels, said, "Horton, that's some blow!"



Bales of cocaine, fallin' from low-flyin' plane

I don't know who done dropped 'em, but I thank 'em just the same

Bales of cocaine, fallin' like a foriegn rain

My life changed completely by the low-flyin' planes

"Bales of Cocaine" from the 1993 Reverend Horton Heat album "Full Custom Gospel Sounds Of..." on Sub Pop Records.

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Comments

The Good Reverend always had all the luck...

Posted by: zombyboy at July 21, 2003 03:28 PM

"So I loaded up them bales
in my pick-em up truck,
and headed west for Dallas,
where I would try my luck.
I didn't have a notion
if I could sell 'em there,
but thirty minutes later,
I was a millionaire."

...

"Now I am a rich man,
but I'm still a farmer,too.
But I sold my farm in Texas,
bought a farm down in Peru.
And when I get so lonesome,
I think I'm goin' insane,
I travel back to Texas
in a low flying plane."

Yeah, I did that from memory. I've seen the Reverend play about ten times in the last twelve years. Give or take. Can you believe they're opening for the Sex Pistols when they play here?

Posted by: Walter in Denver at July 21, 2003 06:06 PM

Damn, Walter, I knew you had good taste.

Posted by: zombyboy at July 21, 2003 07:10 PM

The Intern and I just bought Pistols/Rev tickets today. They are in Cleveland late next month. We are expecting to have at least a small group together by the time the show gets here.

Posted by: StumpJumper at July 21, 2003 08:10 PM

Holy cow, our common thread has been found...you're down with the rev.

"Where in the hell did you go with my toothbrush?" is the drunken anthem when my sister and I get together and make fun of the hicks we went to school with.

Posted by: Jo at July 23, 2003 09:16 PM