Goin' Nowhere Blues

(album: Gravitational Forces - 2001)

In the corner of the barroom
Lives the ghost of Langston Hughes
He's taking notes and smoking cigarettes
Sipping slowly on his booze
Got them going nowhere blues

And on the stage beneath the spotlight
Woody Guthrie sings the news
He's always ready for the good fight
Never thinking that he'll lose
Got them going nowhere blues
Through the back way in the alley
Sellin all you should refuse
Looks like Jane has finally given in
Hey, what the hell it ain't no use
Got them going nowhere blues

Out the front around the corner
Martin Luther shines your shoes
He's preaching justice and equality
I guess Martin's paying dues
He's got them going nowhere blues

On the other side it's a free ride
You've got money you can burn
When the ground shakes and the earth breaks
Which way you gonna turn
Are you ever gonna learn
In the poolroom on the table
Swilling wine and smashing cues
They locked him up last night for fighting
Cesar Chavez blew a fuse
He's got them going nowhere blues

All the members of the union
All the farm and labor crews
They used to be meet here by the dozens
They disappeared in ones and twos
Got them going nowhere blues
So you wonder why they come here
They come here to look for clues
Passing time until they live again
To fight these going nowhere views
Leave these going nowhere blues
To fight these going nowhere views