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Tommy was a preacher’s son
Now he's running through the jungle "yes sir!"
Fingers cold and fire
When you get so tired and we're so tired
Lazing back in this desert
Waitin’ for that sunny day
Tommy was a preacher’s son
Now he's running through the streets sellin’ up that cocaine
Those fires will get ya
When you get too tired and we're so tired
Eyes blister beaded fortress rolling fevered freight trains in
Well I met three men with friends in office
Smooth dark skin and ivory teeth smiles
Our boots come alive in this mud and this shit
"Life is hard to fill with teeth that bite and eat up our fears"
Through August fall of ‘69
Jesus had birthed him
He spoke in guns through crippled sheets
For Jesus had birthed him
Sugar cubes fingernails worming snakes that built the fire
Now he's running through the jungle "yes sir!"
Fingers cold and fire
When you get so tired and we're so tired
Waitin’ for that sunny day
Now he's running through the streets sellin’ up that cocaine
Those fires will get ya
When you get too tired and we're so tired
Eyes blister beaded fortress rolling fevered freight trains in
Smooth dark skin and ivory teeth smiles
Our boots come alive in this mud and this shit
Through August fall of ‘69
Jesus had birthed him
He spoke in guns through crippled sheets
For Jesus had birthed him
Sugar cubes fingernails worming snakes that built the fire
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I'm getting some Vietnam war vibes. I'm probably way off but "Now he's running through the jungle "yes sir!", Fingers cold and fire" and "Through August fall of ‘69, Jesus had birthed him, He spoke in guns through crippled sheets" kinda remind me of the vietnam war. Same thing with the boot lines.
I've no idea what the song is about or how that ties into it though :(
All that aside, It's a kick ass song!
Now that you mention it wtfmates, it probably could be bout' the Vietnam war.
this might sound odd. but you should really listen to the entire album, with just one speaker at a time. you hear a lot of different things than the lyrics and its a fact. he is an expert producer. and a master mixer. lol
Well I met three men with friends in office Smooth dark skin and ivory teeth(apetite smile) smiles Our boots come alive in this mud and this shit (things change or they shit)
wen they play this live they start off with "the devil" and go straight into this song, and they really go well together...tom and andrew from tfot also played with them
this is definitely about vietnam
just listen to the music. it resembles the sounds of gunfire
A boy's life gone wrong.
I could be wrong.
With how people saybits about vietnam butbaldo the durect drug references i say its about how america treets vets and how they often end up homeless alone and with ptsd, and the homelessness drives them to addiction, its about the vets ofter vietnam or another major war