Grandpa’s Interview (Live)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] "Grandpa here's your coffee," Said Edith as she filled his cup "Nobody'll find you here And Earl is glad you guys showed up The way things are downtown You might have to stay for a while There was a helicopter hovering over your house When I talked to your neighbor Kyle" [Verse 2] "Who the hell do they think they are? Invading our home like that Grandma and I had to leave so fast We couldn't even catch the cat The helicopter scared the shit out of it And it took off down the trail 'Cross the railroad track towards the county jail" [Harmonica Solo] [Verse 3] "Jed you really screwed up now What'd you have to do that for? Everybody wants to hang your ass And here's a note from Lenore" Sun touched the cold steel bars As she pushed the letter in Jed picked it up and read it And he couldn't hide a grin [Verse 4] Outside the jail window A crow flew across the sky Completely disappearing behind each bar Then a helicopter flew by "Say hi to Earl and Edith Tell 'em I'm doing fine Tell 'em you're ready to leave home now, Sun And they oughta cut the line Can't Grandma come and see me? I got a new song to sing It's longer than all the others combined And it doesn't mean a thing" [Harmonica Solo] [Verse 5] The noise was unfamiliar A walkie-talkie squealed Generators were running Vans parked in the field TV crews and cameras They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch They came through the gate and up on the lawn Knocking down Edith's tiki torch [Verse 6] Grandpa saw them there Looking through the Venetian blind "Those people don't have any respect So they won't get any of mine I ain't gonna talk about Jed I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9 I don't have time to talk that fast And it ain't my crime It ain't an honor to be on TV And it ain't a duty either The only good thing about TV Is shows like 'Leave it to Beaver' Shows with love and affection Like Mama used to say A little Mayberry living Can go a long, long way" [Verse 7] He took Earl's gun down from the closet And loaded up both barrels Went out on the porch and fired them off And up walked a woman named Carol "Susan Carol from Early magazine, I got some questions to ask" "Well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine," Grandpa said with a gasp [Verse 8] Then he fell face first and let out a sigh And Edith ran out in shock Grandpa was whispering to her from down on the floor It looked like he was trying to talk "That guy who just keeps singing Can't somebody shut him up? I don't know for the life of me where he comes up with this stuff" [Harmonica Solo] [Verse 9] They laid his head on a newspaper With a picture of Carmichael on the front page Posing with a Little League baseball team And a seedy shot of Jed on a motorcycle Grandpa died like a hero Fighting for freedom of silence Tryin' to stop the media Tryin' to be anonymous [Harmonica Solo] [Outro] Share your lovin' and you'll live so long Share your lovin' and you'll live so long Share your lovin' and you'll live so long Live so long