JEREMIAD # 66

By David Snyder


V1

Well a man named Quinn the Eskimo
Was sitting in a burned-out Texaco
On the edge of a black apocalypse
In a filthy bathroom stall
Metal door open on America
There were bullet holes in the steel
hungry dogs prowling in the forest
You know how those dogs must feel
So he sat on the toilet thinking
Have I been doing a little too much drinking
And what's left of America now
On the whole
Then God gave him an answer
Cause right where he was sitting
He saw an empty toilet paper roll
Yeah


V2

Down on the tip of the border
They're starting the civil war
Don't send no federal troops down here
We got the Texas National Guard
If those federal troops start shooting
Then we'll start shooting back
Ask Quinn the Eskimo
This is the Alamo
Texas comes first it's a fact
On the edge of a border crossing
Two amigos they were talking
Said what does America look like on the whole
A little bit like Guatemala
But with a lot more filth and squalor
It looks like 
It looks like an empty toilet paper roll

V3

Out West a boy and his father
They're greasing up their guns
And they've got some rocket launchers
They can throw
Well, they've read the Constitution
And their barns of ammunition
Could fill up North Dakota, don't you know
You can say they're locked and loaded
And they’re angry on the whole
Yeah they’re locked and loaded
A little angry on the whole
But you can make any kind of bomb you want
You can make any kind of bomb you want
With an empty toilet paper roll

V4

Well, back at the lone Star Texaco
Where the hound dogs do howl
Quinn the Eskimo knows he has to
Get off of the toilet somehow
And he needs to leave by sunrise
If Ezekiel doesn't mind swinging by
And bringing that fiery Chariot of his
Down from the Celestial sky
He'll have to lead a negotiation
And he'll have to trade for double ply
He may have to get saved or surrender
But he'll be better off on the whole
If he can just replace
If he can just replace
that empty toilet paper roll

V5

So if you make it down to Tampa
Or you cross through Alabama
You pick up the vibe
That they just don't give a damn
Yeah there used to be an America
And it used to be the Promised Land
Then it dropped off the map
Just like Birmingham
And Quinn never found his paper 
So he headed to a different land
As we wiped his hands
On his dirty Carhartt jeans
Besides that pile of burning tires
Is there anything left to eat
Is there any fresh clean water
Left in this desert heat
If anybody tells our story
And the truth be told
What does it look like here
In America on the whole
Well, I guess it looks like a burned-out Texaco
Or an empty toilet paper roll
Yeah that's what Quinn said to himself
When he set out on his midnight stroll
On his midnight stroll, he said
You turned the constitution of America folks
Into a toilet paper roll

You turned the constitution of America
Into a empty toilet paper roll
And that's what America looks like
That's what America looks like
Yeah that's what America looks like
on the whole


Words and music by David Snyder copyright 2024
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records 

David Snyder: Alternate Tuning Acoustic Guitars (DADGAD) and Vocals, additional instrumentation, production, engineering, mastering

JEREMIAD # 66 (THAT'S WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE)

David has been selected as one of the Best New Alternative Artists on ReverbNation. But, he has been writing too much music! If you go to David's Main Music Website or David's Soundcloud Hub you will see links to all of David's albums and other Soundcloud pages. At 300 songs per year, it is getting a little thick in these woods, but all the rabbit trails are below. David Snyder is an award-winning songwriter and North Carolina-based Independent Artist. He is a winner in the 2015 PG Music International Awards for Excellence in Composition, Production and Arrangement. He plays guitar, violin, bass, keyboards, mandolin, percussion and the radio. He is also a Regional Coordinator for the Nashville Songwriters Association and has numerous writing credits with a wide variety of recorded artists. He owns his own record label, Day of Faith Records and writes and records with many artists nationwide in almost all genres, including alternative, jazz, "new country," bluegrass, Americana, rock, psychedelic, soul, jazz, gospel, funk, fusion and electronica. He has been playing the guitar since the age of 12 and playing professionally since the age of 15. His fondest musical memory is having received some guitar tips from Chet Atkins after sneaking backstage at a concert when he was 15. His music has also been performed at the Julliard School and the Lincoln Center. David is classically trained but draws from a wide variety of influences in his music.

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