While watching the MSM I grabbed for my boots.
Great Big Yam is all about the picnics and harvests. Rural music from rural people.
Great Big Yam is a collective and individual effort to preserve traditional American music and create songs within that tradition. From the traveling blues to the banjo breakdown to the jigs and reels native to Ireland to the African roots to folk protest songs.
Story behind the song
The Sunday news shows, especially Meet The Press, when they interview certain cats are just beyond belief. And they're sponsored by ADM & Monsanto to boot. Just in case your brain isn't poisoned your body isn't far behind.
Lyrics
I DON'T WATCH TV THAT MUCH,
BUT FROM TIME TO TIME I LIKE TO KEEP IN TOUCH,
I TUNE INTO THIS WEEK, NOW & FACE THE NATION.
SUNDAY MORNINGS WITH A COFFEE & BUTT,
RUMINATING ON A WORLD GONE NUTS,
THOUGHT SOMEONE'D GIVE ME ANSWERS TO A SITUATION.
SO I SWITCHED OVER TO MEET THE PRESS,
THERE WAS SHOTGUN DICK, THOUGHT HE'D CONFESS
BUT HE HAD ANOTHER AGENDA ALTOGETHER.
HE SAID "WHEN WE SAID WEAPONS, WE MEANT 'COULD'
'CAPABILITIES,' 'PROBABLY WOULD,'
ANYWAY WE'RE ALL SAFER FOR HAVIN' DONE IT...
IT WAS BULLSHIT.
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND BROUGHT MY NEXT PROGRAM
ABOUT HOW WE OUGHTA DRILL THE ALASKAN LAND,
AND OLD ARIZONA
AND NEW MEXICO TOO.
AND ABOUT HOW EUROPEANS WEREN'T NO GOOD
'CAUSE THEY WOULDN'T CHOW DOWN ON GM FOOD,
AND THEY COULD ANSWER WORLD HUNGER WITH A MAD COW & FISHMEAL.
AND YOU BITE DOWN ON A CALF
THAT WAS FED A CALF,
THAT WAS FED A PIG THAT WAS FED A CHICKEN
THAT WAS FED A SALMON
THAT WAS FED SOME SORT OF FACTORY CORNMEAL.
IT MIGHT NOT BE PRETTY, BUT IT'S TRUE,
BE THANKFUL I DIDN'T TELL YOU WHAT WAS IN THAT TOMATO.
WE'LL RUN HER UP THE FLAGPOLE,
SEE IF THE PRESIDENT CAN SPELL IT.
ON TO THE ROUNDTABLE, WATCHIN' GEORGE WILL
TALKING THERE WASN'T NO SUCH THING AS OIL SPILLS,
AND THERE AIN'T NOTHING SHAMEFUL ABOUT A CLEAN KILL,
'CAUSE THEY WERE HIDING NUKES IN A MOONSHINE STILL,
(IT'S PRONOUNCED "NUKE YU LER")
SO AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, MY BRAIN WAS WASHED CLEAN,
REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, STOPPED BEING A GREEN
AND DREAMED A SWEET DREAM OF EATING McDONALDS IN BEIJING.
AFTER HEARING ALL THOSE BRAND NEW TRUTHS
I TOOK TO WATCHIN' FOX NEWS,
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY I TOLD YA,
RBGH AND NUCLEAR WASTE NEVER HURT NOBODY ANYWAY,
AND FORGET WHAT THIS RESEMBLES, BECAUSE IT IS IN FACT SHINEOLA.
