Little Joe Lyrics
Leave your home, leave your mother and father
Go to where the reptiles roam
On the side of the border that is your home
As you run for cover
Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones
It is a lie
Your eyes will water, your guts will splatter
Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones
It is a lie
Leave your whole home, leave your mother and father
Go to where the reptiles roam
They're waiting for you little Joe
Leave your home, leave your mother and father
Go to where the reptiles roam
On the side of the border that is your home
Your eyes will water, your guts will splattter
Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones
It is a lie
Border crossing? Yes, but not from Mexico to America.
Fellow Seattleite Jimi Hendrix recorded "Hey, Joe" decades before this song. It's about a man who catches his woman cheating, shoots her, and flees for Mexico. This song is parallel to that one. Joe's kid is the one making the run now.
And reptiles is a reference to reptiles. Seriously. There are reptiles in the desert between here and there. I live in that desert now. I've seen them.
Hmm, I'm thinking it's about a kid who goes off to fight a war. Sticks and fire...possibly dynamite, more likely guns/cannons. Reptiles could be a reference to tanks and other armored vehicles.
Yes, a young man going to fight the war, GI Joe.
Might be the Vietnam war?
Since you guys already said what i was thinking, ill throw another one out there. Border crossing from mexico to america!!
what cd is this on?