THE GREAT STATE of TRISTAN da CUNHA

Oh the great state of Tristan da Cunha 
With its crumbling towns and its brutal zoos
Where the cowboys sing for bitcoins and small mercies
Meadowlarks and honeybees swoon
Down in the cottonwoods memories of mammoths
Molecules of the Seven Brave Nations of Sioux

Landlocked and rocking to the bluest lullaby
In my medicated dreaming I’ll say goodbye

Oh the great state of Tristan da Cunha 
It’ll cost you an arm and a leg to get to
Where the misty-eyed 4H girls tend to the lonely
And they run the world in their running shoes
The humming power lines on wide open prairies
Out past Big Oh, past Baltic Avenue

Oh the great state of Tristan da Cunha 
Where the sun never sets on the ocean’s vast hues
So let’s head on down to North 24th Street
Where we’ll spoon in a room with no debts past due
Outside the flickering buzz of a bum streetlight
Bickering hustle and that deep beat bass boom

(c) Impermanent Music 2023 || David: vocals, guitar