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The Ballad Of The Hulk
Jerry Jeff Walker

The cycle of life is here

To see in all of it's fine simplicity

But the way we live it seems to be,

Something very weird to me

And I cry out


For pettiness like lady's chatter

Seems to complicate the matter

I grit my teeth as my senses chatter

For nothing gets me much madder

As I leap out


For big or little, great or small,

It really doesn't matter at all

The way we shuffle our feet and hem and haw,

'Cause everybody's afraid they'll fall

Or else be left out


But what's right for me or strange to you

Shouldn't make a damn on what you do

'Cause whether or not you make it through,

I thought that you already knew

That I'll keep you going


And the World War iii and the World Series

Will make the same size headlines in the news


From all I've seen of politics,

It's just a greasy big money stick

That's geared to run on tongues

So slick to make you think this is all there is

Boy you're lucky (You're stuck with Humphrey)


How they con the little middle man

Into thinkin' he has got a hand

To play in the future of the Promised Land,

He owes himself to the destiny of man

Gets ridiculous


A cheap gangster hires someone

To do his dirty work with a tommy gun

While the President just points at anyone

And says I, your country needs some killing done

Go do it now boy


The war itself is bad enough,

It can break you down no matter how tough

But the tragedy of all the hoopla stuff,

It makes you think you can't do enough

For the shiny symbols


And the other countries feel the same as we

And regret that I have but one country to give for my life


The preacher stands in his holy shroud sayin'

God forgives you if you do it now

But if you come back when the chips are down,

You'll find they've all gone underground

To pray for you


A homosexual, disturbed priest feels that he can preach to me

The right way to go and raise a family

And I'm forced to look at him and say you mean

You're guessin


The population is getting higher,

The poverty poor, the pregnant tired

Are waiting on the Pope to be inspired

For some new contraceptive attire

Saying It's cool now


It's a ghost behind a one-way mirror

Listening tip-toed at the door to hear

If someone outside won't speak the year

Then they'll slip a note out how they feel

About pierced ear-lobes


But the rules made now

For the changing cows

Are a little late

And will be out of date by tomorrow


Her mother placed on virginity

Saying it was the holy place to be

For the things boys had were evilry

When it came time for matrimony

She froze and died there


Her sister at fourteen very well known thought all the kicks came lying there prone

But a fundamental fact not spoken at home left her feeling like a chewed on bone

And why she wondered


One chick who dug moving about, very liberal minded and often spoke out

How she was cool and understood no doubt with the blankets up and the lights turned out

And you're condescending


A couple together for five or six years,

A marriage license they'd never been near

But social pressure and loss of job fear

Got them married and divorced in half a year

They couldn't cut it


It's all talked about

But still it's lived around

And what is right for me

Could be perversity in any state law book


I'm told a minstrel at one time w

As allowed to sing and make his rhymes

To comment on the news of the times

And say directly what's in people's minds

And he made tips for it


But today try playing on some street curb,

Singin' the news in everyday words

The people pass by, the laughin' is heard

Or else they hit you where it hurts

They keep their ears closed


One man said Boy, I dig your stuff,

I want you to come play in my club

I'll put your name in lights up above,

But just remember I got a club to run

So don't be too strong


It ain't your writers who sell out,

It's the damn censors who turn about

My life learned adjectives and vowels

And say that my mouth is much too foul

To clearly speak to you


But try to hit a nail and if the hammer fails

Then the words you use to describe

That bruise is basic language


I hoboed around and sang the songs

That everybody knew and hummed along

To amuse myself I wrote some songs, talkin'

About things that could be right or wrong

And I'm a little different


A record company you know well wanted to know if my song would sell

I said, Yes, I like it very well,

If you don't sir, you can go to help

Somebody else change


So I kept playin' and bummin' around, singin'

To the ones who dug my sound

Some guys ask Won't you play my town,

I ask fair bread they put me down

Their Caddie's mortgaged


Tried one deal, like it's you and me,

This guy said he could be of some use to me

But when I found he's puttin' screws to me,

I tipped my hat and made it back to the street

Singin' new folk songs


If there's time enough,

The hill ain't too rough

What I wrote today,

I might someday play,

And make tips for it


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A. Freeway   L.A. Freeway   Last Night I Fell In Love Again   Last Song   Layin' My Life on the Line   Layin' My Life On The Line   Leavin' Texas   Leavin' Texas   Leroy   Let 'er Go   Let 'er Go   Let The Ponies Run   Life On The Road   Life's Too Short   Life's Too Short   Like A Coat From The Cold   Little Bird   Little Man   Little Town Of New Orleans   London Homesick Blues   Lone Wolf   Long Ol' Dusty Road   Long Ol' Dusty Road   Long, Long Time   Love Changes Everything   Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile   Lovin' Of The Game   Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile   Lovin' Of The Game   Lucky Man   Man With The Big Hat   Manny's Hat Song   Manny's Hat Song   May Music Be Your Wings   May Music Be Your Wings   Maybe Mexico   Maybe Mexico   Me And Bobbie Mcgee   Me and Bobby McGee   Mississippi You're On My Mind   Mississippi You're On My Mind   More Often Than Not   Morning Song To Sally   Mountains Of Mexico   Movin' On   Movin' On   Mr. Bojangles   Mr. Bojangles [*]   Mr. Bojangles [#]   Mr. Bojangles [Live]   My Old Man   Navajo Rug   Night Rider's Lament   Night Rider's Lament   Nolan Ryan   Nolan Ryan(He's A Hero To Us All)   Nolan Ryan(He's A Hero To Us All)   Northeast Texas Women   O.D. Corral   Ol' 55   Ol' 55   Old Five And Dimers   Old Five And Dimers Like Me   Old Nashville Cowboy   Old Road   Pick Up The Tempo   Pickup Truck Song   Pissin' In The Wind   Pissin' In The Wind   Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black   Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black   Promise   Public Domain   Quiet Faith Of Man   Railroad Lady   Ramblin', Scramblin'   Ramblin', Scramblin'   Rhythm Of The Rain   Rhythm Of The Rain (Bonus Out Take)   Rock & Roll My Baby   Rock & Roll My Baby   Rock and Roll My Baby   Rockin' Chair   Rockin' On The River   Rockin' On The River   Rodeo Cowboy   Rodeo Wind   Round And Round   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer   Sailing   Sangria Wine   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Saturday Night Special   Seasons Change   Seasons Change   She Knows Her Daddy Sings   She Left Me Holdin'   She Left Me Holdin'   She Made Herself A Promise   Singin' The Dinosaur Blues   Singin' The Dinosaur Blues   Sloop John B.   So Bad Last Night   Some Day I'll Get Out   Some Day I'll Get Out   Some Go Home   Some Phone Numbers   Standin' At The Big Hotel   Standin' At The Big Hotel   Still Around   Stoney   Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin   Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin   Takin' It As It Comes   Takin' It As It Comes   Tangee   Texas On My Mind   That Old Beat Up Guitar   That Old Beat-Up Guitar   That Old Time Feeling   The Cape   The Christmas Song   The Continuing Saga of the Classic Bummer...   The Continuing Saga Of The Classic Bummer...   The Dutchman   The Dutchman   The First Showboat   The Gift   The Man He Used To Be   The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder   The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder   The Other Jerry Jeff   The Road You Choose   The Road You Choose   The Wheel   Then Came The Children   Those Were The Days   Time To Stay Home   To The Artist   Too Old To Change   Tracks Run Through The City   Trashy Women   Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With a Sail   Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With A Sail   Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother   Up Against The Wall, Red Neck   Up Against The Wall, Red Neck (Live 1973, Luckenba...   Very Short Time   Viva Luckenbach   Wanted For Love   We Were Kind Of Crazy Then   We Were Kinda Crazy Then   We Wish You a Merry Christmas   What Are We Doing?   What I Like About Texas   When I Had You   Where Was I   White Christmas   Will There Be Any   Wind   Wingin' It Home To Texas   Wingin' It Home To Texas   Woman In Texas   Won't You Give Me One More Chance   Won't You Give Me One More Chance

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