{"id":1343,"date":"2019-03-02T02:10:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T07:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2019-03-02T02:10:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T07:10:25","slug":"rocking-chair-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Rocking Chair Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I get those rocking chair blues<\/div>\n
every time I hear the news.<\/div>\n
There’s a man in shirt and shoes<\/div>\n
who is drowning in his clues.<\/div>\n
And a circle of bad folks<\/div>\n
who are out there telling jokes.<\/div>\n
And no one’s dying anywhere<\/div>\n
or hiding dirty underwear.<\/div>\n
There is no legal treason case<\/div>\n
when all the judges wear his face.<\/div>\n
And everyone not on the take<\/div>\n
is vilified as wrong or fake.<\/div>\n
The workers take his hardest hits.<\/div>\n
When he opens his mouth he shits.<\/div>\n
His odor spreads around the globe.<\/div>\n
In all, he is a mankind-phobe.<\/div>\n
That’s why I got to get out<\/div>\n
from these rocking chair blues.<\/div>\n
I’m sick of seeing nazis<\/div>\n
toting guns and fire and booze.<\/div>\n
There’s a man upon a hill<\/div>\n
in shirt, shoes and red tie,<\/div>\n
who’ll stop these rocking, shocking blues<\/div>\n
when hung up by his lie.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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