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Gossip In The Grain Lyrics
Such the lazy Jackstraw
Always late for tea
Never bothers to ring lately.
Says the silly sparrow
'There's gossip in the grain,
Have you heard the...oh, you don't say'
Someday,
Someday,
A snow shall fill the trees
You best make warm the eves.
Callous is the old crow
He mock even the sun
Eyes as black as blood
Bone crack in the craw
He'd say,
He'd say
Always a 'never mind'
Always a 'never mind'
Truth be:
The begger that holds his tongue
Dines on none, none but air alone.
Always late for tea
Never bothers to ring lately.
'There's gossip in the grain,
Have you heard the...oh, you don't say'
Someday,
A snow shall fill the trees
You best make warm the eves.
He mock even the sun
Eyes as black as blood
Bone crack in the craw
He'd say
Always a 'never mind'
Always a 'never mind'
The begger that holds his tongue
Dines on none, none but air alone.
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Truly a beautiful song. This song seems like a bedtime story put to music; just by how it is played and sung. And this is one of my favorites from his new album.
'Jackstraw' is an obsolete or insignificant person the 'Silly Sparrow' seems to have some relation to the chattering masses 'best make warm the eves' I think would mean get ready for what's to come. The callous old crow line seems to mean the enbittered person within a broked generation too callous to say or do anything about what's coming
My disection could be wrong, but I think this song describes the general humanity that shrug off responsibility and respect and those that would rater chatter and gossip about the blame or events rather than prepare for what is to come. and even those old and wise enough to know what to do are a jaded and callous generation, too much so to act and poor be those who see what's coming and say nothing.