Hen House Manifesto
Del Barber
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My life is a rummage sale with a good disguise I've got a blue collar heart and a white collar mind I've got new jeans and old leather boots I've got to look pretty sharp while I search for the proof For all the songs that I sing to the flowers The radio waves and cell phone towers I'm a mess of bungee chords, rope and wire I ain't afraid to say that I'm for hire There's no escape from the market's grip I'm a co-opted man that can make you slip And fall into a great big smile You can laugh and talk and sit awhile I'll rejoice at the sight of your teeth They brings me all sorts of relief So don't be fooled I'll try to sing you The lines that might help get you through The days that feel too damn long When you're singing that nine to fiver song We long for faith but settle for the hope that comes When we're drinking beer after the day is done All the love that I've found Won't keep that tree from hitting the ground But you and I we can't be trumped We'll just chip some more light off that stump 'Cause what we got is all there is I don't want to wait around for something to give I want to chuckle with those chickens and howl with the dogs I want to be happy with what comes along I got desires as wide as the sky They contradict themselves from time to time I want the fire and the smoke So I can be warm when I choke There's no easy answers there's no free lunch Maybe I just want too much all at once I'm a dog barkin' up the wrong damn tree But where I bark makes sense to me Most folks don't seem to understand It's difference not sameness that makes life grand But way up north underneath the old jack pine My wild ways start to feel just fine See I'm interested in what's in front of us I want to love the hows and throw away the whats Maybe I'm sucker for a good lie But I found a promise in the ground Under my feet and the stars up in the sky All the love that I've found Won't keep that tree from hitting the ground But you and I we can't be trumped We'll just chip some more light off that stump 'Cause what we got is all there is I don't want to wait around for something to give I want to chuckle with those chickens and howl with the dogs I want to be happy with what comes along
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Written by: Delaney Doucha Barber
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