The River’s Dead

At the courthouse
down the road
sits a woman
got no home
just a heavy load

At the courthouse
down the road
she sits in judgement
of the crime
and the legal code
she says

She says

“The river’s dead
the pigs are fed
and no one’s laughing”

At the courthouse
there’s a statue
blindfold justice
made of stone
it’s dead forever

At the courthouse
law is guilty
of injustice
a dry bone
full of never
she says

the drummer is a drummin’
and the thunder is a comin’
gonna be hell to pay