............"The very next day we picked a bunch of them weedsand we put 'em in the sun to dry.Then we mashed them up and we cleaned them offAnd put 'em in a corncob pipeSmoking them wildwood flowers got to be a habitWe didn't see no harmHell, we thought it was kind of handyTake a trip and never leave the farmA big ole puff of that wildwood weed and you're just wanderin' behind the little animals.
Things are not always as they seem of course. We walk on dimples on the surface of dreams while mysteries sparkle beneath us. Do we try to break through the dimple to get to the sparkle? The dimples get deep sometimes and we find ourselves enveloped, like a testtube in a fish tank, some seek the mirrored affect, some seek the sparkle just behind the thin membrane of the dimple. Some try to l...
....Most folks know Jim Stafford for "Spiders & Snakes", if they know him at all. And of course "The wildwood Weed", a hit on college stations everywhere. This song, from the same album, was always my favorite. Its a great little story song, well played, exquisitely produced, & its a lot of fun.Listen with headphones if you can.
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Swamp Witch went over rather well. and so....back by popular demand, Jim Stafford and he ain't workin'. This song originally appeared on his second album, an infinitely inferior work. Still, it had it's moments.....this retro rocker is a nice little workout.And the video?....well lets just say....
So the extra long weekend has finally begun.(20:36 EST Wednesday) My thoughts go out to those on the move tonight, on their way to joyous reunions. I hope for their safety.So for the next for days...I Ain't Workin'!