This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Well, I learned the trade from Piggy Knowles
Sing Sing Tommy Shay, boys
God used me as a hammer, boys
To beat his weary drum today
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Sun is up, the world is flat
Damn good address for a rat
The smell of blood, the drone of flies
You know what to do if the baby cries
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Well, we stick our fingers in the ground
Heave and turn the world around
Smoke is blacking out the sun
At night I pray and clean my gun
The cracked bell rings and the ghost bird sings
And the gods go begging here
So just open fire when you hit the shore
All is fair in love and war
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Sing Sing Tommy Shay, boys
God used me as a hammer, boys
To beat his weary drum today
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Sun is up, the world is flat
Damn good address for a rat
The smell of blood, the drone of flies
You know what to do if the baby cries
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Well, we stick our fingers in the ground
Heave and turn the world around
Smoke is blacking out the sun
At night I pray and clean my gun
The cracked bell rings and the ghost bird sings
And the gods go begging here
So just open fire when you hit the shore
All is fair in love and war
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Lyrics submitted by deliriumtrigger
Hoist That Rag Lyrics as written by Thomas Alan Waits Kathleen Brennan
Lyrics © JALMA MUSIC
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The gods go begging: Could be taken from Alfredo Véa's novel "The Gods Go Begging" (NY Dutton, 1999). A gripping novel which starts with the brutal murders of two women in San Francisco, a murder which has its roots in the war in Vietnam. One review called this 'a novel filled with magic realism, searing descriptions and stunning eloquence." "Alfredo Véa, author of "La Maravilla," "The Gods Go Begging," and "The Silver Cloud Café," is a practicing criminal defense attorney. His most recent book, "The Gods Go Begging," was named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times and was the winner of the 1999 Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award for Fiction. Véa was born in Arizona and lived the life of a migrant worker before being sent to Vietnam. After his discharge, he worked as anything from a truck driver to carnival mechanic to put himself through law school. He currently lives in San Francisco." (Source: "Novelist Alfredo Véa to Read at UA Nov. 12" By Julieta Gonzalez. Yniversity Of Arizona news: November 05, 2003)
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