Tramps in the Great Depression wait for work to begin on Boulder (later called Hoover) Dam.
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Footprint Twenty One
It's time
I tell you
'bout
Hooooooover Dam ~
Hoover
Hoover
Hoover
Dammmmmmm ~
The biggest
God damn
dam
this world's got ~
Tamed a river
that used to be
quite
a big shot ~
Amongst
all
the other
rivers around ~
Which are mostly
dryyyyyyy
by the time they get
to this desert ground ~
But
not
the
Colorado!
It
used
to
flowwwwwww ~
Where ever
it
wanted
to gooooooo ~
Even
thru
a
plateauuuuuuu ~
Noth-
ing
could
confine ~
That
wet
rampant
brine ~
That dug
canyons up n' down
Old Papa Time's
face ~
At an uncannily
slow moving
but quite forceful
pace ~
Dug 'em
might-
y
steep ~
Dug 'em
Grand
Canyon
deep ~
Wore away
mountains of rock 'til
they were
just so much jam ~
Then the hell bent
white boys
come along n' built
Hoover Dam...
Footprint Twenty Two
Hey there
work-
in'
laddie ~
I'm not
your
long gone
daddie ~
Why you
doin'
this
to me?
I don't want
to
break
your nose ~
I don't wanna
stomp
your
toes ~
All I want
is
to work
and be free ~
Why you
doin'
this
to me?
I guess
I'll
have to
stay strong ~
So as
to
get
along ~
With
a long lost
puppy
like you ~
Who
tests
me
thru n' thru ~
Proving to
your brother
you
are a man ~
But do you
com-
pre-
hand?
Power ain't all
that
makes
a man ~
Cruelty ain't what
makes
him
grand ~
And lack of re-
spect
ain't no way to
steady his hand ~
You
ought to
under-
stand ~
All of this
you
gotta
rise above ~
In your quest
for Man-
hood
and Love ~
And Real Love
rises
oh
so hiiiiiiigh ~
Beyond
you
and your wang
and the blue blue sky...
Footprint Twenty Three
Somewhere beyond
the farm
fields
that surround ~
This
dusty
crusty
God forsaken town ~
In
the
desert
deep ~
Where
there
ain't
no sheep ~
Sits a coyote
on
a little
sandy mound ~
Miles away
yet
lookin' at me
so profound ~
When you gonna
say
See You Later,
Clyde?
When you gonna
step
out-
side?
When you gonna
break
on
thru?
When are we
gonna
see
youuuuuuu?
Well, my
little
coyote
friend ~
Expect me
just
around
the bend ~
I got
a little more
work (work!)
to do ~
Before I
come out n'
howwwwwwwl
with you...
Footprint Twenty & Four
Davis
who drew
up
the plan ~
Said, "You can't
have
a canal
without a dam" ~
Some gov'ment boy
Hoover
signed the dam
into being ~
And old Frank Crow
with one million tramps
in the '30s
built the dam thing ~
They carved at
the rock
and
blew it ~
Dug
tunnels
thru
it ~
Each crew
trying
to be
first ~
While
dying
of
thirst ~
Tracks were
layed
trains
re-routed ~
Boulder City
up
n'
sprouted ~
And
the
cement
was mixed ~
And
the
date
was fixed ~
And
two years
early
they were done ~
A big fat dam
stood over
the river
under the desert sun...
Footprint Twenty Five
And thee ancient
seething
Colorado
hip-hip-hooray!
Became the main
artery
of
western plumbing today...
