"Tell him we lost his poems, so we write them on the wall "- Song for Bob Dylan by David Bowie
 
BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN 


Hollis Brown 
He lived on the outside of town 
Hollis Brown 
He lived on the outside of town 
With his wife and five children 
And his cabin fallin' down 
  
You looked for work and money 
And you walked a rugged mile 
You looked for work and money 
And you walked a rugged mile 
Your children are so hungry 
That they don't know how to smile 
  
Your baby's eyes look crazy 
They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve 
Your baby's eyes look crazy 
They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve 
You walk the floor and wonder why 
With every breath you breathe 
  
The rats have got your flour 
Bad blood it got your mare 
The rats have got your flour 
Bad blood it got your mare 
If there's anyone that knows 
Is there anyone that cares? 
  
You prayed to the Lord above 
Oh please send you a friend 
You prayed to the Lord above 
Oh please send you a friend 
Your empty pockets tell yuh 
That you ain't a-got no friend 
  
Your babies are crying louder 
It's pounding on your brain 
Your babies are crying louder now 
It's pounding on your brain 
Your wife's screams are stabbin' you 
Like the dirty drivin' rain 
  
Your grass it is turning black 
There's no water in your well 
Your grass is turning black 
There's no water in your well 
You spent your last lone dollar 
On seven shotgun shells 
  
Way out in the wilderness 
A cold coyote calls 
Way out in the wilderness 
A cold coyote calls 
Your eyes fix on the shotgun 
That's hangin' on the wall 
  
Your brain is a-bleedin' 
And your legs can't seem to stand 
Your brain is a-bleedin' 
And your legs can't seem to stand 
Your eyes fix on the shotgun 
That you're holdin' in your hand 
  
There's seven breezes a-blowin' 
All around the cabin door 
There's seven breezes a-blowin' 
All around the cabin door 
Seven shots ring out 
Like the ocean's pounding roar 
  
There's seven people dead 
On a South Dakota farm 
There's seven people dead 
On a South Dakota farm 
Somewhere in the distance 
There's seven new people born
RESIST

against the stupidity
of the powerful and rich
 
against stupid greed of power
and commandment
 
against hurting someones
pride,
dignity
against humiliating someone
in the name of
economy,
market,
in the name of any system
like state,
concern,
religion,
law
or even in the name of
the Ten Commandments
 
resist
whereever you meet this
and you meet it everywhere-
so resist permanent
 
resist
against the stupidity of
any form of power
 
resist against the pure lust
to humiliate
that is in fact
behind each form of
willing dependance
 
resist
against systems
that establish this lust
as a means of their existence
-as a principle of their existence-
small or big systems - 
anyway - 
resist
 
against
states,
armies,
lawyers,
against
exploitation
of working class
of yourself
against
any situation that creates
commanders and
demanders
 
THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL 


William Zantzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll 
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger 
At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'. 
And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him 
As they rode him in custody down to the station 
And booked William Zantzinger for first-degree murder. 
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, 
Take the rag away from your face. 
Now ain't the time for your tears. 
  
William Zantzinger, who at twenty-four years 
Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres 
With rich wealthy parents who provide and protect him 
And high office relations in the politics of Maryland, 
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders 
And swear words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling, 
In a matter of minutes on bail was out walking. 
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, 
Take the rag away from your face. 
Now ain't the time for your tears. 
  
Hattie Carroll was a maid of the kitchen. 
She was fifty-one years old and gave birth to ten children 
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage 
And never sat once at the head of the table 
And didn't even talk to the people at the table 
Who just cleaned up all the food from the table 
And emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level, 
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane 
That sailed through the air and came down through the room, 
Doomed and determined to destroy all the gentle. 
And she never done nothing to William Zantzinger. 
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, 
Take the rag away from your face. 
Now ain't the time for your tears. 
  
In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel 
To show that all's equal and that the courts are on the level 
And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded 
And that even the nobles get properly handled 
Once that the cops have chased after and caught 'em 
And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom, 
Stared at the person who killed for no reason 
Who just happened to be feelin' that way without warnin'. 
And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished, 
And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentance, 
William Zantzinger with a six-month sentence. 
Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, 
Bury the rag deep in your face 
For now's the time for your tears.
 
left and right song of the upper wall by good old bobby zimmerman - "he is every nations refugee"/song for bob dylan by david bowie! 
words in the middle part of the upper wall not by a great poet but by a little man
QUICKSAND (wall below) by david bowie. 
startseite or back to NOPASARAN!PASAREMOS!
 
QUICKSAND 

I'm closer to the Golden Dawn 
Immersed in Crowley's uniform 
Of imagery 
I'm living in a silent film 
Portraying Himmler's sacred realm 
Of dream reality 
I'm frightened by the total goal 
Drawing to the ragged hole 
And I ain't got the power anymore 
No I ain't got the power anymore 
 
I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes 
Living proof of Churchill's lies 
I'm destiny 
I'm torn between the light and dark 
Where others see their targets 
Divine symmetry 
Should I kiss the viper's fang 
Or herald loud the death of Man 
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought 
And I ain't got the power anymore 
 
Don't believe in yourself 
Don't deceive with belief 
Knowledge comes with death's release 
 
I'm not a prophet or a stone age man 
Just a mortal with the potential of a superman 
I'm living on 
I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien 
Can't take my eyes from the great salvation 
Of bullshit faith 
If I don't explain what you ought to know 
You can tell me all about it 
On the next Bardo 
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought 
And I ain't got the power anymore 
 
Don't believe in yourself 
Don't deceive with belief 
Knowledge comes with death's release





 




 
 
 
 
 
 
Nebenbei: Bitte sehen Sie uns den Personenkult nach, welcher scheinbar hier betrieben wird, aber in Wahrheit geht es uns mehr um Symbole als um Personen; meinen wir doch, daß wir Symbole brauchen; so also gelte jener Kult hier nicht den beiden Menschen hinter den Poeten Bowie und Dylan, sondern den Symbolen, die wir sie sein lassen: für Nonkonformität und Widerstand - ästhetisch und politisch und psychisch!