the jest of simon talmuth

Forecast calling for rain this evening. Poor boy doesn't even know what hit him. Up there in the sky and it fell hard. Right in his jaw. Now he has a crooked jaw. And a moon baby growing out his cheeks. Is this what sailors told them to think when they wiped out all the grads of known. I see it too. Hit him square in the jaw. Never got to know his name very well. I think it was something about a rain cellar and nothing. Boy he could dance and run around. Play well if you think he could. Look you straight in the eye and tell you the dog honest truth that boy would do.

So here's to 'im. The jest of Simon Talmuth

Oh ladies of wonder
Find this poor ole boy
living under shelter
in this vacant store

A lightning bolt crashes into the land of the South
And it brings bad weather to the north
this kid wasn't even on the street
he went down the merry-go-well

Stuck deep in thee south where the flounder fish float
this young man was made out as a joke
to be lanced at by the elite
the petty, the fool, boy he took a beating

and out be good
stay out of trouble
keep your teeth white
no caffeine or colas, we have to do this right

and he smoked a cigarette while bouncing from town to town
he joked in the night and in the morning he was gone
to yonder more town, up there to and fro
he could smoke a pack a day, that's nothing where he come from

so this boy, this being, unknown to the world
got a lightning bolt in his jaw
the last i heard, working day to day jobs
he whimpered then fell, oh god was he hit

it unwhitened his teeth, made him fall outer space
like a cosmic jester, went out second base
So a broken jaw and a head full of woozies
he ran back home, to show his brother this doozie

brother said, son of jacob oh mighty
nothing like i ever seen before
you're caught upon your teeth wise
before your life's a chore

so that boy did what he had to
he went to the barn
found a white stallion to ride well
and rode off just like that storm

out west where he's equal
maybe he can find it there
but he's finished looking
cause wherever he is

he's already there.

Gg