You Know What They Say About Bein'

They Asked Me For Some Collateral And I Pulled Down My Pants.

I Said, You Know They Refused Jesus, Too. He Said, You're Not Him.

I Don't Really Have A Retirement Plan.

[in 1951] We Were Also Told That The Russians Could Be Parachuting From Planes Over Our Town At Any Time. These Were The Same Russians That My Uncles Had Fought Alongside Only A Few Years Earlier. Now They Had Become Monsters Who Were Coming To Slit Our Throats And Incinerate Us. It Seemed Peculiar. Living Under A Cloud Of Fear Like This Robs A Child Of His Spirit. It's One Thing To Be Afraid When Someone's Holding A Shotgun On You, But It's Another Thing To Be Afraid Of Something That's Just Not Quite Real.

The People In My Songs Are All Me.