TRAILER STAR - SUIT OF NETTLES
Man with no name
You kick at the tyre of the tractor
That hasn’t moved since the snow last came down
You pull at the chainlink fence blow dandelions over the old grey sow
And wonder whose hand on your arm could lead you away from here now
Well it’s the middle of summer but clouds cover up the sun, you
feel cold
You run for shelter, find your father with a halter, staring at the ground
Oh why can’t I tell you , oh why can’t
I say
I feel like a man with no name
In a dark pantry a dog panting, tired from running under
the sun
And on the kitchen table a dripping pheasant broken by the farmer’s gun
And you sit in your armchair reading news of a war that has hardly begun
Whilst all of the berries we picked last summer turned blood red in the cup
And you thought you could break down all the fences they
put around you
And you told me to take
a deep breath and set my own pace
Oh why can’t I tell you , oh why can’t I say
I feel like a man with no name
Unmarked grave, an unmarked grave
Well your stepdad he fell in that kitchen and the dog sat
there and waited all day
And the silent river rolled on and the clouds blew over the hills
anyway
So father and son two years later we stand in a graveyard in the rain
And if I could lead you to the answer I would , you know I would
say
I feel like a man with no name
Man with no name in an unmarked grave
(1998)
