No Good Al Joad

Put that chicken in your yard Out of it's misery Its feathers torn apart, no Rooster can be more Ruthless than you more Stupid than me I found your Angel in the crow's nest It's a god awful mess up here She's clawed through the floor Nobody seems to stick around How much more can you take Old men fire from their windows Warning shots over your head And your dearest friends Are all coming around with their Tails between their legs But your engine is Still running, although The gears are covered with grime Everybody is a little hard to love Sometimes You are my favorite because You're a long shot You are my enemy Because you forgot Generous people, they fill me with doubt But that's something I'd rather not Talk about And no heavy charge can make Me stay, I'm a No good Al Joad anyway I'll never lie in the back Of no truck So if you want a whole lot, but Without getting caught Babe you better go Get in line Everybody is a little hard To love sometimes The first person I realized was dying Thanked everyone for the cake Soft and low. Now I can tell the ground Barely feels my footsteps As I must go