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We Spat Grape Hulls on the Hole
(by that old arbor pole)

Copyright 2001, Dusk Wilson-Weaver(BMI)


We spat grape hulls on the hole
By that old arbor pole
And we thought that stomachaches
From eatin' too much grapes
Was the worst that could happen at the most
But when that hull-plugged hole did bulge
Then blew off our grapey lid
Well, God forbid!
What had been hid
Made us call on the Heavenly Host...

CHORUS
For it was Yellow Jacket City
It was a town without pity
That sent out every resident in flight
What to chase us till we cried
What to sting us deaf and dumb
And to give us all one heart-stopping fright

So we took off 'cross the yard
One man, one boy, one dog
And we pumped our legs
Like Mark Twain's jumping frog
Yeah, we really hauled some ass
We were traveling first class
Till that swarm of bees
Caught us near the trees
In a horrible yellow fog

BRIDGE
We must have looked like homemade sin
We must have made one hellish din
As we flailed and hollered
"Jesus, help us please!"
For if you ever have been stung
By the awful likes of them
Then you must know
It's like a hammer blow
Then an aching, quaking quease

CHORUS

But the Good Lord smiled on us
At least the boy and me that is
'Cause every one of those
Yellow jackets flew
Right to the jet-black coat
Of our faithful, fleeing pooch
And they tried and tried
To nail his hide
Through that long, long hair he grew

So my boy and I we raced
To the coiled-up garden hose
And we turned it on
We let that water rip
And we damn near drowned our dog
Blasting off that yellow fog
But blast we did
And it's no lie, kid...
Back to that pole we took a hikin' trip

For it was Yellow Jacket City
And we gave that town no pity
That'd sent out every resident in flight
Yeah, we burned the whole thing down
Hey! we burned it underground
Then we ate and ate another ton o' grapes
Till the coming of the night
Oh, we ate and ate another ton o' grapes
Till the coming...of the night

(segue into chorus of early evening crickets)


[This message has been edited by Dusk Wilson-Weaver (edited 08-31-2002).]

[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-03-2002).]