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The Beat Farmers — Big Rock Candy Mountain
Album: Glad 'n' Greasy
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Released: 1986
Length: 1:56
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One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said boys I'm not turning
I'm headin for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains
So come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountain

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain there's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too
You can paddle all around 'em in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain the jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short handled shovels, no axes saws or picks
I'm a goin to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
I'll see you all this coming fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountain
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artmaven wrote:
Arghhh! I step out of the office for a couple of minutes and I miss yet another big controversy. Has anyone called it a travesty yet? I'm just gonna chain myself to the computer. I'm tired of missing these. Play the thing again tomorrow. Oh wait, no, not tomorrow. I have to go vote. Do it Wednesday. Ah, I'll forget by then. Oh well. Jeez, I really wannna hear what all the fuss was about.
Use Real Player to listen to RP, then you can rewind the songs that you miss. Comes in handy and you don't have to bother with the chains... unless you're into that sort of thing.
Silly! Not something I'd want to hear everyday, but it certainly was good for a laugh today!
Arghhh! I step out of the office for a couple of minutes and I miss yet another big controversy. Has anyone called it a travesty yet? I'm just gonna chain myself to the computer. I'm tired of missing these. Play the thing again tomorrow. Oh wait, no, not tomorrow. I have to go vote. Do it Wednesday. Ah, I'll forget by then. Oh well. Jeez, I really wannna hear what all the fuss was about.
I like the sing-songy version from OBWAT better.
Beat Farmers are a SoCal (San Diego specifically iconic band). Country Dick Montana died on tour (maybe even on stage) in Canada a few years ago and the guitarist, Buddy Blue just recently died. They made a splash of sorts in the mid 80s when the whole roots-rock thing was happening - BoDeans, Long Ryders, Wild Seeds, etc. Obviously going for a mountain theme here, can Jane's Addiction be far away? Mountain Song anyone?
This has taken eclectic to a new low, sort of an ick-ick-tic.
Dianyla wrote:
Whaaaa?
Reminds me of Stomp'in Tom Conners a bit! Yee-haw!!!
Heh. I like the occasional silly. Some Beat Farmers every few days is a nice treat. Thanks, Bill!
Country Dick, the AntiDonovan!
Part of a Mountain set...but there are better choices than this one!
Dianyla wrote:
Whaaaa?
I'm as confused as you.
I'm kind of enjoying this for some reason
huh?
Bwah ha ha! Made me snort with laughter, this one. Keep us smilin', Bill...!
Sounded like They Might Be Giants for a moment there. -mt-
suck
What in the world is this?
Nothing can compare to the original Harry McClintock version. :-)
I wicked like the album covah.
Um...
Whaaaa?