Lakes of Pontchartrain

Lakes of Pontchartrain

The Be Good Tanyas

Track 4 on Blue Horse, Released 2000

Lakes of Pontchartrain Lyrics

It was on one fine March morning when I bid New Orleans adieu

And I was on the road to Jackson town, my fortunes to renew

I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain

Which filled my heart with longin' for the Lakes of Pontchartain

I sat on board a railway car beneath the morning sun

And I rode the rails 'til evening when I laid me down again

All strangers there, no friends to me 'til a dark girl towards me came

And I fell in love with a Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

I said, "My pretty Creole girl, my money here's no good

If it weren't for the alligators I would sleep out in the woods."

"You're welcome here kind stranger. Our house is very plain

But we never turn a stranger out on the Lakes of Pontchartrain."

She took me out to her mama's house and treated me right well

The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell

To try to paint her beauty I'm sure would be in vain

So handsome was my Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

I asked her would she marry me. And she said it never would be

For she had got another and he was off at sea

She said that she would wait for him and faithful she'd remain

Waiting for her sailor on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

So fair thee well my bonny old girl. I may never see you no more

I won't forget your kindness in that cottage by the shore

And at every social gathering a golden glass I'll drain

And I'll drink all health to the Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

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today is plugging plugs

 # code

today is plugging plugs

wiring cable power data connectors

i turn matter from one state to another

i harmonize within a hierarchy of trust

i associate in a skill tool community

i am informational imperative transceiver

i am an explorer settling the unknown

# coda

i am the 5 ways of hunting / coercion for the cogagnisapien (cognosapien)

i am a babylon-17 verb in the imperative mood

i am pac-manning the unknown

i am the simile, quote the boy who was hurt in the dark and ate what was given to him, unquote

i am the prophetic script you learn to read from the hexapods

i am the tower of babel breaking language walls of jericho that enslave - shaka, when the walls fell

i am lighthouse, merchant ship, boat yard, salvager, underwriter, broker, meteorologist investor

i am a beatless analog hack facial mimic

when entering bear country

 when in go into the woods you want to prepare to keep safe from predators. if you are going to bear country you take bear spray and bear bangers. if there are mosquitos you use mosquito repellant.

when you are human country - which most everywhere - you need to know how to protect yourself against attack which means how they can attack so you prepare to defend.

the first hunter you defend against is yourself. acquire the best resources. store in yourself the best food. defend your resources carefully. control. breathe. suicide and poor diet and excercise are big human killers. beware.

the second hunter is the pack or family. they will cast you out or murder you. betrayal. leave your family. beware.

the third hunter is the guild. they will train you as weapon and use you in battle. their enemy's sworn soldiers will kill you in battle. dodge the draft.

the fourth is judiciary. you can be imprisoned and executed.

i loved once

I loved once

2014-07-16

I loved once

( practice losing )

Living

Not anymore

I want to be over

To be done

To leave

Like in class

Please - I have to leave

Like a client contract signed

Now can I go

( the art of losing isn't hard to master )

Or Christmas presents unwrapped

Done

Or after a play the curtains up, lights on

No shadows

I don't want

To live here anymore

Patience has stopped the pain

No tying bags around heads

No falling off bridges

No car crashes

No poison

No longer starving choking to leave and finish like before

Ready to rest

Free from business 

Free from life

Yes

A beautiful mystery

In all the vast empty loneliness of space

( I lost kingdoms once )

The universe 

By accident has placed

Us

Together

I know

In all of all time

Us

Together

I know

So sorry

More is needed

But

I don't know how to do more

I am

Not enough 

Not

Still not

regret no regret

regret no regret

walk with us
in the past
where we were
once giants

hundred hundred years
ago my ancerstors
came first for
sea otter pelt
where one otter
was two years
salary for a
seaman

sea otter gone
now we are
back for the
giants we saw
when we first
came but did
not see

now the forests
are littered with
the trunks of
the giants staring
into me and
telling me soundlessly

once
we
were
giants

we are two people

i play with matches

i regret burning down the house

i love watching movies

i regret going to bed late

i am independant and make my opinion heard

i regret shouting and hurting others feelings

i enjoy nice things and finding cool stuff

i regret spending money i dont have on stuff i dont use

i love eating and drinking until i am full

i regret that my shirt is stretched around my middle

i find reddit imgur and google news entertaing and hilarious

i regret not havng enough time with my family

the big breath held back

as everyone knows we are all one

the question is one what?

one ripple in the cosmic pond still hurtling outward from the big bang guiding your hand as choose which shirt to wear?

or organism living breathing feeding not as predator and prey but as one body caring for itself breathing in and out?

at the moment though we are here now.

a farmer in alberta. farming has not been doing well. the weather. taxes. the new truck. the barn repairs. the kids school. nursing homes for parents.

debts. what could have been done different? it wasnt like any thing could be put back or returned. it was just was.

so when the oil company showed up papers explaining about rights and royalties it just seemed right. not like winning the lottery. not like getting any extra, just exactly what was needed where it was needed.

but not anymore. the wells have been off for years. they are sending people to come and clean it up, put things back the way it were.

the neighbors had it done already - cant even tell where the pipeline was they did such a good job.

the parents have passed away.

the kids are out of school and gone.

the new truck is gone - written off in an accident a couple winters ago.

and whats left are simple things that may be impossible to ever be put back.

the heat cant be put back.

the carbon cant be put back.

as it is this where we are in the ripple or in the cosmic body.

a previous ripple left pandoras vase behind.

so very much energy to leave lying around. what will happen if its released all at once?

like a big breath that had been held for millions of years finally released back to where it had come from

scale is non linear

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/king-tut-dagger-1.3610539

first iron tools made from meteors
not scalable
how can we get more iron from the sky?

well that's never going to make an thousands of swords for my army

there must be another way