Carpetbagger - Billy Woods

Olive drab army jacket linin'

That’s how I ride around shinin' like the Pope Thermals undercoat,

coins for the vote

Forked road, I took both

Frostbitten flurry snow past town

Choked with black smoke

«No water needed,» said black folk

«We seeped it when them cracks show»

Exchange pounds, lit the dro

Let it go 'round

They kept it movin' twice as fast though

Bombed out by dawn

Long John

Hobo commando, rusty revolvers

Haunted pianos, look out below

Splash, cold water, wake up, don’t pray for us

Those who face the sun

Stared down through taco-shell-colored eyes

I am not a destined here by design

Restless Canaanite, fading light, shake the dice

Rode the trip 'til that elevator cable pop

Weightless faith like make a wish

broken myth, pbiscuit

Tucked inside of a trench boot

Serpentine roads, gabardine robes

In dreams, fire rose

Wake to cold coals

Cinders, ash, glass

Pharaohs laugh behind death masks

Panic rooms filled with cash

Doors wide open, smash and grab

Split the stash in sand dune shed, sour gas

Cowards cower and let the final hour pass

No fiery lake, the craft of hate

Left to his fate