Barstow
Jay Farrar


G
Anyone caught speaking Esperanto
                              D
Is thought crazy or headed for jail

There's peace in the wilds of West Texas
                     C       G
Where the sun and the sky prevail

Don't take notice of the rising waters
Don't take notice where rivers run dry
They'll be digging through the landfills
To find evidence of our great demise

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          C
There's a changing pattern before us
                                  G
And the past tells the story quite well
       D
By the time we make it to Barstow
                   C          G
We'll be more than halfway to hell

Waves of adverts that promise revival
Trinketware that batters the brain
The Devil bought the key to Branson
Drives a backhoe and wears a gold chain

Now we're living in the ending time frame
Bets in Reno are all the human race
Woke up in another test market
With a new headache filter in place

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