Last Great American Whale
They say he didn't have an enemy
His was a greatness to behold
He was the last surviving progeny
The last one on this side of the world
He measured a half mile from tip to tail
Silver and black with powerful fins
They say he could split a mountain in two
That's how we got the Grand Canyon
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
Some say they saw him off of Florida
My mother said she saw him in Chinatown
But you can't always trust your mother
Off the Carolinas, the sun shines brightly in the day
The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son
He'd been on death row since 1958
The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig
Spit on Indians and lots worse
The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
Life compared to death for him seemed worse
The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing
And tried to conjure up a storm or rain
The harbor parted, the great whale sprang full up
And caused a huge tidal wave
The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
The tribe let out a roar
The whites were drowned, the browns and reds set free
But sadly one thing more
Some local yokel member of the NRA
Kept a bazooka in his living room
And thinking he had the chief in his sights
Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Well, Americans don't care for much of anything
Land and water, the least
And animal life is low on the totem pole
With human life not worth more than infected yeast
Americans don't care too much for beauty
They'll **** in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
Complain if they can't swim
They say things are done for the majority
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
"Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"
Last Great American WhaleLRC歌词
[00:00.00]They say he didn't have an enemy
[00:03.96]His was a greatness to behold
[00:08.91]He was the last surviving progeny
[00:11.50]The last one on this side of the world
[00:16.94]He measured a half mile from tip to tail
[00:19.16]Silver and black with powerful fins
[00:26.27]They say he could split a mountain in two
[00:28.29]That's how we got the Grand Canyon
[00:33.46]Last great American whale
[00:37.46]Last great American whale
[00:41.19]Last great American whale
[00:45.26]Last great American whale
[00:50.22]Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
[00:52.90]Some say they saw him off of Florida
[00:57.39]My mother said she saw him in Chinatown
[01:00.83]But you can't always trust your mother
[01:06.15]Off the Carolinas, the sun shines brightly in the day
[01:09.86]The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
[01:14.27]The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son
[01:18.04]He'd been on death row since 1958
[01:22.60]The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig
[01:25.18]Spit on Indians and lots worse
[01:30.56]The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
[01:33.98]Life compared to death for him seemed worse
[01:39.01]The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing
[01:43.07]And tried to conjure up a storm or rain
[01:46.99]The harbor parted, the great whale sprang full up
[01:50.98]And caused a huge tidal wave
[01:55.10]The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
[01:59.05]The tribe let out a roar
[02:03.12]The whites were drowned, the browns and reds set free
[02:06.90]But sadly one thing more
[02:11.77]Some local yokel member of the NRA
[02:15.06]Kept a bazooka in his living room
[02:19.99]And thinking he had the chief in his sights
[02:22.88]Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
[02:27.85]Last great American whale
[02:31.35]Last great American whale
[02:35.83]Last great American whale
[02:39.59]Last great American whale
[02:44.12]Well, Americans don't care for much of anything
[02:47.26]Land and water, the least
[02:52.19]And animal life is low on the totem pole
[02:55.98]With human life not worth more than infected yeast
[03:00.81]Americans don't care too much for beauty
[03:03.78]They'll **** in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
[03:08.24]They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
[03:12.05]Complain if they can't swim
[03:17.05]They say things are done for the majority
[03:20.52]Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
[03:25.49]It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
[03:28.42]"Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"
