DRAG YOUR CHAIR UP TO ME. SLIP ME THE GLASS AND BOTTLE.
THESE ARE THE TALES OF TERROR. OH, HOW THEY GUN AND THROTTLE.
YOU’RE CLIMBING INTO SOMEONE ELSE’S SKIN.
JUST FOR AN INSTANT, REALIZE - THAT THERE’S NO JOB TOO DIRTY.
HE’S GOT THE LOOK OF POWER. OF DEAD AND HEAVY WISDOM.
AND ANY HUMAN CARING IS JUST ANOTHER SYMPTOM.
HE’S HEATING UP THE PLIERS ON THE STOVE.
AND IN A FLASH OF HIS GOLD TEETH YOU’LL SEE - THAT THERE’S NO JOB TOO DIRTY.
YOU’VE GOT IT ALL IN WRITING. IN DISAPPEARING INK.
RUBBING OFF THE PAGES EVEN BEFORE YOU BLINK.
IS IT A ROLE YOU’RE PLAYING? HAS IT BECOME YOUR REAL LIFE?
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD READ MY THOUGHTS.
AND IN THE DAILY DIRT, BEFORE THE HEADLINE DRIES,
YOU’RE READING ALL ABOUT IT THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE’S EYES.
THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY THINK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.
YOU BEAR THE BRUNT. YOU CLEAN THE MESS.
GET THIS - THERE IS NO JOB TOO DIRTY.
WELL, HIS MUG SHOT IS HANGING. YOU SAY WATCH THE BIRDY.
BUT IT’S JUST A SMOKESCREEN - THERE IS NO JOB TOO DIRTY.
NOW, YOU’VE BLOWN YOUR COOL FRONT. NOW, YOU’RE CAUGHT IN THE CLUTCHES.
SAYING, I DID NOT DO IT. ALL OF YOU SUCH AND SUCH’S.
BEST KEEP THIS YARN WRAPPED TIGHT BENEATH YOUR HAT.
YOUNG AND OLD, MAN AND BEAST BE DAMNED - THERE IS NO JOB TOO DIRTY.
credits
from Terrible Pictures Of Harriet,
released May 15, 2005
TIM ELLIS - ACOUSTIC GUITAR / SOLO
NANCY HESS - BG VX
MYRRH LARSEN - BG VX
ALBERT REDA - BASS
JIM WALKER - ACOUSTIC GUITAR, KEYS, PERCUSSION, SAMPLES, LEAD VX, BG VX
SUSANNAH WEAVER - BG VX (LEAD VX ON BRIDGE)
The Oakland singer's latest album imagines the power struggle between man and nature as a slow, steady tempest of dark folk. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 20, 2019