Eddie From Ohio

there was a squaw, a very sad squaw
who cried as she cursed at the sky
the gods had reclaimed her only son
and nobody could tell her why
there was a chief a very wise chief who told her
we'll find where he roamed
we'll put out some signs on the highway
and bring the young falling rock home

it's not a bar in Wyoming
it's not brewed in the north p.a. mills
it's just a young brave
who wandered from camp
and ventured too far in the hills
you'll see a sign on the roadside
like the sign on the blueridge parkway
look out for falling rock, at large in
the u.s. of a, at large in the u.s. of a

there was a letter from the gov'ner
a visit from the park service man
socialist lawyers and eagle scouts said
we're doin bout all that we can
stories can turn into legends
folklore's derived from a claim
but no one can answer the puzzling sign
and the young Indian name

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some say they've seen him
homeless in phoenix
picking up all he could scrounge
some say they've seen him doing the
king weekend at a jfk lounge
some swear that he was rapping with
phil about the abuse of his tribe
and some say he sits in a Washington
pen for passing a state trooper bribes

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Michael Clem, J Fish Music/ASCAP

© 1993