Michelangelo's Hammer A boy named Mike from Tennessee Had a little house painting company They did walls and trim ceilings and floors Exterior walls, windows and doors Well they did good work so they could charge a little more But what they really wanted was art Well the work is steady but the income ain't Lord knows why I even tried to paint Michelangelo weren't no saint But he sure laid the hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down He picked up a paintbrush and laid that hammer down Mike said boys we got a new gig I think it's really something and it's gonna be big We're paintin' pictures of country stars in a string of franchised cowboy bars If we do real good it'll take us real far And it's damn near almost like art Well the work is steady but the income ain't Lord knows why I even tried to paint Michelangelo weren't no saint But he sure laid the hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down He picked up a paintbrush and laid that hammer down They did real good and their heads got big But Mike kept his cool never flipped his wig And he steered that crew to the ultimate gig They were paintin' on the walls of the stars Marlon Brando, just wanted pictures of guys with hats on George Lucas. didn't want anything Star Wars William Shatner. wanted a picture of himself Ellen DeGeneres, wanted a picture of William Shatner Well the work is steady but the income ain't Lord knows why I even tried to paint Michelangelo weren't no saint But he sure laid the hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down Laid the hammer down down down Michelangelo laid that hammer down He picked up a paintbrush and laid that hammer down He picked up a paintbrush and laid that hammer down

Robin Hood and Zorro had a master plan Gonna feed the starving masses from the back of a U haul van But the Reagan administration would have none of that They kinda liked the status quo That same year Paul Bunyan, ran for president He was beaten by some nobody in the preliminary event But they gave him some kind of consolation office Secretary of the interior And Superman's of TV selling underwear Aquaman said Hey George Bush, you can drill right there In real life Steve Martin isn't all that funny Jerry Garcia was only in it for the money Oh my God I got bails and bails of bullshit falling down on my front door step Everyday I got fifty five tons of fertilizer steamin up my TV set Day by day Jesus Christ and Tarzan had an argument Each had his ideas about where the soul of man had went Jesus said it went out the window some time ago Tarzan said no it's down there inside somewhere Brain and the thumb bone had a discussion Each wanted to claim his place in the ascent(ass end) of man The brian said I had to think up all them rules Thumb said I had to enforce them And Superman's of TV selling underwear Aquaman said Hey George Bush, you can drill right there In real life P Diddy isn't all that dangerous Billy Bob Thornton sn't really all that strange Oh my God I got bails and bails of bullshit falling down on my front door step Everyday I got fifty five tons of fertilizer steamin up my TV set Day by day

Winds of November

Well the miners called up on their two way radios Boss the north wall is seepin' like a sick baby's nose He said the river's a mile away, the engineer's no fool Keep diggin' boys everything's cool Not two hours later they voiced their concerns The hydraulics are failing and the breathing air burns The signal was patchy, no one heard them say Boss the north wall is about to give way CH And with all their technology and all of their tricks They couldn't keep them boys alive in the mine And with all their apologies and dirty politics The Industry is doin' just fine The families were shaken up the newsmen were buzzed As the line between safety and danger was fuzzed The peril to human life was not realized But the bottom line was not compromised So it's business as usual down in the mine The owners make money and the miners keep dyin' They might lose a dollar they might lose a dime But the Industry is doin' just fine CH And with all their technology and all of their tricks They couldn't keep them boys alive in the mine And with all their apologies and dirty politics The Industry is doin' just fine There was one last communique' came to the news room Tell Susie I love her, but I won't be home soon So smoke if you got 'em, it don't matter down here I just wish we had us some beer CH And with all their technology and all of their tricks They couldn't keep them boys alive in the mine And with all their apologies and dirty politics The Industry is doin' just fine