ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Two days ago I posted my song ‘New Ground’ about loss, … so, just to keep us in balance, … here’s a song about how us humans always start looking for someone to blame when the world goes crazy! We’re going through huge changes socially and globally these days, … people are dying and it sure feels like we don’t have much control over our own little lives. Y’know, … it makes it a little bit easier if we can just find someone or something to blame it on!
GONE FOR GOOD
An old brown cow was sittin’ G
In a pasture eating grass D7, C#7
When she looked down at the ground, C7
She saw a black bug walkin’ past. D7-G
She watched him push and struggle
With that little twig he’d found,
Then she raised her hoof and mashed that bug!
(SQUISH!) Into the ground!
Cho: I can’t find a reason C7
Why some of us must die. G
And others live and feel bad, C7-C#7
Maybe God knows why, D7, C#7
But I can’t find a reason, C7
If I only understood, G-G/F-Em
Then I wouldn’t be so angry, G
Yes, that bug is gone for good!! A-D7-G
Now later in the afternoon,
That cow went home to eat
And the Farmer, he packed her friends and her
Into a truck out on the street.
He’d decided to quit milkin’ cows
And start t’raisin’ ducks
Well Old MacDonald had a cow,
Now she’s a Cheeseburger Deluxe!
Cho: Well I can’t find a reason
Why some of us must die.
And others live and feel bad,
Maybe God knows why,
But I can’t find a reason,
If I only understood,
Then I wouldn’t be so angry,
Hey, that cow is gone for good!!
Well Old MacDonald choked to death
On one hard-boiled duck egg.
And the duck who laid it ended up, …
As “Roasted Duck With Nutmeg!”
And the chef who roasted up that duck,
Stepped on an avocado,
Slipped underneath a tour bus,
Bound for southern Colorado!
The driver’s name was Alice,
And she didn’t even stop!
They caught-up with her in Dallas,
Eating pancakes with a cop, …
He was this foolish guy named Jerry,
Who never carried guns.
He’d fed her boysenberry syrup
And he caught her with the runs!
When he took her down to book her
At the nearest precinct house,
Well next door there, all the local circus elephants,
They got frightened by this mouse,
And they stampeded on the squad car,
They didn’t even hurt their feet!
But Jerry, Alice and the car,
Were tramped into the street!
And the mouse who scared them elephants,
He gave one little shrug,
And three weeks later he died,
When he was bitten by a bug, …
Who was the thirty-second cousin
Of that bug killed by that cow!
Well if it wasn’t for that bug, …
Maybe they’d all still be here now!
Cho: Well I can’t find a reason
Why some of us must die!
And others live and feel bad,
Maybe God knows why, …
But I can’t find a reason,
If I only understood!
Then I wouldn’t be so angry,
When you’re gone, you’re gone for good!
No, I wouldn’t be so angry, …
When you’re gone, … you’re gone, … for good!!
Written by Peter Alsop, © 1985, Moose School Music (BMI)
On Fan Club Favorites and Songs On Loss & Grief –
There’s a great lesson about blaming that gets passed around in Alanon circles. When I point my finger at you, and blame you for something you did, ... I might be very accurate at analyzing how you were part of this problem, ... but, ... if I look at my own hand with the pointing finger, there’s only one finger pointing at you, … and the other three other fingers, … are pointing back at ME!! Unless we’re Mary Poppins, ... (perfect in every way,) ... there’s usually some part of this problem that I need to look at, otherwise, ... I wouldn’t be pointing at you!
The main reason we want to blame others is that, … if we do it really well, ... we deflect attention from ourselves, ... and we don’t have to take responsibility for OUR part of the situation! Besides, I can’t really do anything about you and your part of this, ... but I CAN look at my part, and make some changes there!
Don’t forget we can vote! There’s an election coming up!
Bye for now!
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