Tom Callahan: Music

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My colleague Joe Head says I have no business writing and singing songs that are apparently about life on a chain-gang. While I admit that it is technically true that I have never done time on a chain-gang, I did attend Catholic school for twelve years. I rest my case.

So Much Rock

My days weigh on me like so much rock.
My days weigh on me like so much rock.
I swing this hammer from dawn to dark.
My days weigh on me like so much rock.

I swing this hammer from dawn to dark.
I swing this hammer from dawn to dark.
Someday they'll put me in a plain pine box.
I swing this hammer from dawn to dark.

Someday they'll put me in a plain pine box.
Someday they'll put me in a plain pine box.
They'll cover me over with these same damn rocks.
Someday they'll put me in a plain pine box.

They'll cover me over with these same damn rocks.
They'll cover me over with these same damn rocks.
They'll press me down in the eternal dark.
They'll cover me over with these same damn rocks.

They'll press me down in the eternal dark.
They'll press me down in the eternal dark.
My days will weigh on me like so much rock.
They'll press me down in the eternal dark.

My days will weigh on me like so much rock.
My days will weigh on me like so much rock.
I swing this hammer from dawn to dark.
My days will weigh on me like so much rock.