Just Pour The Coffee And Go Away
by Glenn Disney rgd2006
by Glenn Disney rgd2006
Pulled off 57 at a dusty cafe
Traveled all night 'cause I couldn't sleep
This is only a slight delay
My mind a flood and the water's deep
I'd explain it all but can't right now
Leaving seems right somehow
Traveled all night 'cause I couldn't sleep
This is only a slight delay
My mind a flood and the water's deep
I'd explain it all but can't right now
Leaving seems right somehow
The kids are grown and on their own
When I'm settled I'll give them a call
Explaining things I must postpone
Considering it better protocol
By now the office is starting to stir
Didn't call in, ignored procedure
When I'm settled I'll give them a call
Explaining things I must postpone
Considering it better protocol
By now the office is starting to stir
Didn't call in, ignored procedure
Breakfast? she asked, No, gracias
Do you have a paper?
Eagle Pass or Piedras?
Which do you prefer?
I'll need that one, crossing over in an hour
She smiled, was cute, and adjusted her flower
Do you have a paper?
Eagle Pass or Piedras?
Which do you prefer?
I'll need that one, crossing over in an hour
She smiled, was cute, and adjusted her flower
But I looked outside, avoiding conversation
Just pour some coffee, I'll be on my way.
Someone whined, "The eggs are overdone"
She turned and retorted, "You're not a gourmet!"
I laughed to myself as the man sunk low
I wish I'd known her twenty years ago
Just pour some coffee, I'll be on my way.
Someone whined, "The eggs are overdone"
She turned and retorted, "You're not a gourmet!"
I laughed to myself as the man sunk low
I wish I'd known her twenty years ago
But those were days of work and zeal
Self-important and no time share
Or grant love or apologies to heal
Deluded I ran into quiet disrepair
Now safely across Bravo del Norte
I glanced back at Texas and the cafe
Self-important and no time share
Or grant love or apologies to heal
Deluded I ran into quiet disrepair
Now safely across Bravo del Norte
I glanced back at Texas and the cafe
In Piedras Negas I got a cheap room
Not certain of just how long
Before instructions came and not to assume
My taking the job was wrong
I stepped out the motel, new day, new life
After packing my '45, and Randall knife
Not certain of just how long
Before instructions came and not to assume
My taking the job was wrong
I stepped out the motel, new day, new life
After packing my '45, and Randall knife
Dirty-faced kids begging, "d?me peso!"
And a vagrant's lost look fortified my resolve
To stay the course planned years ago
At clandestine meetings to involve
The common man's rise from many desponds
Dissolving once more the political bonds
And a vagrant's lost look fortified my resolve
To stay the course planned years ago
At clandestine meetings to involve
The common man's rise from many desponds
Dissolving once more the political bonds
But hardly could Jefferson ever conceive
How far his nation would stray
By superfluous laws they succeed to deceive
"To protect us," so they say
I thanked the driver, payed him a day's wage
Returning my thoughts to bridled rage
How far his nation would stray
By superfluous laws they succeed to deceive
"To protect us," so they say
I thanked the driver, payed him a day's wage
Returning my thoughts to bridled rage
At town's edge I sat down to rest
Waiting for a few to arrive
Recalling the growing protest
When I was twenty-five
The sun was just setting, sweat stung my eye
A nation rotted, I saw the first blowfly
Waiting for a few to arrive
Recalling the growing protest
When I was twenty-five
The sun was just setting, sweat stung my eye
A nation rotted, I saw the first blowfly
Two miles away I watched the dust rise
They had apparently kept their word
Should the scheme suffer no compromise
Revolution thunder remained unheard
As cars drew near I would contemplate
Should it fail, the severity of our fate
They had apparently kept their word
Should the scheme suffer no compromise
Revolution thunder remained unheard
As cars drew near I would contemplate
Should it fail, the severity of our fate
It had gotten so bad in the land of the free
And most preferred to capitulate
But a few of us stained with Boston tea
Resisted the trend to advocate
Government's smothering guised protection
Choking freedom with tumorous legislation
And most preferred to capitulate
But a few of us stained with Boston tea
Resisted the trend to advocate
Government's smothering guised protection
Choking freedom with tumorous legislation
Compassion-propaganda, perhaps an epigram
Legislated in various form
To show that no one loves you more than Uncle Sam
If, to more laws you'll conform
Invented fees, insurance and taxes you understand
Just to open a hot dog stand
Legislated in various form
To show that no one loves you more than Uncle Sam
If, to more laws you'll conform
Invented fees, insurance and taxes you understand
Just to open a hot dog stand
Give them sports, easy credit and all the beer they can drink
The powers came to perceive
If they just work and play and seldom think
More deeply than games and TV
Freedom will fade, their Constitution grow dim
They'll consent to all laws heaped upon them
The powers came to perceive
If they just work and play and seldom think
More deeply than games and TV
Freedom will fade, their Constitution grow dim
They'll consent to all laws heaped upon them
Through crisis and war rumors they extracted much fear
And justified total control
Over sleepy citizens pleased to not interfere
In exchange for flattering cajole
From judges and lawyers turned politicians, wherefore?
To exist and move money as the corporate whore.
And justified total control
Over sleepy citizens pleased to not interfere
In exchange for flattering cajole
From judges and lawyers turned politicians, wherefore?
To exist and move money as the corporate whore.
The first car skidded and out of the dust
Stood a tall bearded man I'd seen in photos
"General" as he was known and we were to trust
Leading insurgency and corrupt politicians to depose
Under guise to protect us they themselves became spies
Swapping freedom for security, predicted Franklin their lies
Stood a tall bearded man I'd seen in photos
"General" as he was known and we were to trust
Leading insurgency and corrupt politicians to depose
Under guise to protect us they themselves became spies
Swapping freedom for security, predicted Franklin their lies
More cars emptied and in quiet exchange
Their greetings seemed to convey
Solidarity, dissent and certain to estrange
Their country in irrevocable decay
By donkeys' and elephants' pas de deux
Wallace was right, no difference between the two
Their greetings seemed to convey
Solidarity, dissent and certain to estrange
Their country in irrevocable decay
By donkeys' and elephants' pas de deux
Wallace was right, no difference between the two
Had the powers raped her quickly
The Constitution would still stand
But blind to the power of subtlety
The people preferred to reprimand
Those prophets who did foresee
This day and a few stained with Boston tea
The Constitution would still stand
But blind to the power of subtlety
The people preferred to reprimand
Those prophets who did foresee
This day and a few stained with Boston tea
To witness this great entourage
Realizing its design
Hammer down the empire's barrage
Its House and Senate so serpentine
Against common law and Common Sense
Disdaining Thomas Paine's evidence
Realizing its design
Hammer down the empire's barrage
Its House and Senate so serpentine
Against common law and Common Sense
Disdaining Thomas Paine's evidence
That nature's simplicity should intertwine
Even government's evil necessity
Electing crooks was its design
For money they hid laws in complexity
And trickling down to every town
Fees and ordinances to fatten the Crown
Even government's evil necessity
Electing crooks was its design
For money they hid laws in complexity
And trickling down to every town
Fees and ordinances to fatten the Crown
The attendees grew, scurrying to provide
Raising tents, water stations, and all supplies
Federales stood guard 10 kilometers-wide
Their contribution prearranged, one may surmise
That our coup d'?tat assist Mexican redress
Avenge Hidalgo's Treaty signed under duress
Raising tents, water stations, and all supplies
Federales stood guard 10 kilometers-wide
Their contribution prearranged, one may surmise
That our coup d'?tat assist Mexican redress
Avenge Hidalgo's Treaty signed under duress
But out of sight and out of mind
Manifest Destiny, America's quest
Imposed their God to be purblind
Stirring quiet peoples to much unrest
Then hasten in to democratize
Or Christianize, or other guise ...
Manifest Destiny, America's quest
Imposed their God to be purblind
Stirring quiet peoples to much unrest
Then hasten in to democratize
Or Christianize, or other guise ...
All waited for the first to speak
Uncertain of just who would preside
Creating an ambiance of nervous mystique
Nonetheless united, but reason to hide
That this would be locus in quo
To devise the demise of ex officio
Uncertain of just who would preside
Creating an ambiance of nervous mystique
Nonetheless united, but reason to hide
That this would be locus in quo
To devise the demise of ex officio
Indeed all who bolsterd two parties corrupt
As on stage and a play they performed
For the people two choices, not to disrupt
Their deception of being informed
Nabobs of Congress vote to increase
Their own wages to the people's decrease
As on stage and a play they performed
For the people two choices, not to disrupt
Their deception of being informed
Nabobs of Congress vote to increase
Their own wages to the people's decrease
How did such blatant arrogance arise
In daylight the people approved
Speeches and flags to mezmorize
Orations grand but substance removed
Jingoism swelled their cause for war
"God bless us!" they'd underscore
Angels shocked at their vertigo
Claiming Him they presumed to know
In daylight the people approved
Speeches and flags to mezmorize
Orations grand but substance removed
Jingoism swelled their cause for war
"God bless us!" they'd underscore
Angels shocked at their vertigo
Claiming Him they presumed to know
And should we consider crime in stride
From blood-ground children insist
Justice deferred is justice denied
Treatment! bewitches the psychiatrist
The Courts lean on experts? advice
The Judge agrees, ?ten years will suffice"
From blood-ground children insist
Justice deferred is justice denied
Treatment! bewitches the psychiatrist
The Courts lean on experts? advice
The Judge agrees, ?ten years will suffice"
The Molester breathes a sigh of relief
Hiding his smirk as he's led away
Platitudes rehearsed the judge detours grief
Of shocked loved ones still in dismay
The lawyers, Doctor and Judge drive to Desde los Sheoles
It's a nice day for eighteen holes
Hiding his smirk as he's led away
Platitudes rehearsed the judge detours grief
Of shocked loved ones still in dismay
The lawyers, Doctor and Judge drive to Desde los Sheoles
It's a nice day for eighteen holes
Staring at the ceiling I watched the spider swing
An acobat to be shown
With endless web she did string
Her destination still unknown
As was this revolution delayed
"Eggs, toast and coffee," I answered the maid.
An acobat to be shown
With endless web she did string
Her destination still unknown
As was this revolution delayed
"Eggs, toast and coffee," I answered the maid.
