I have the body of John Wilkes Booth

created by jacob8er

(thing) by jacob8er (8 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Nov 18 2002 at 20:01:42

A song by Clutch
from the album Clutch, 1995, EastWest Records

Like Marlon Brando, but bigger.
You'll find that creature at the bottom of the deep
down Susquehanna River.
This one I had stood right on up to me,
Tore out his hook and declared himself a prodigy.
This one I had he turned bright like the sun
went around three times and departed with the dawn

But oh no, fishing ain't what it used to be.
I've seen some bad years, but this one is just
killing me.

One little nibble in thirteen years,
I really pack 'em in.
This one I had, I seen it in dreams,
All shacked up with lightning and horizon beams.

Well I bring 'em on up, and then I pack 'em
on in
In all the places I've been,
And I swear it's never been like this before,
Least not since nineteen and forty-four.
But today, I made a sick discovery,
Lead box in Sassafras Cove.
Well I brought him on up and then I packed him
on in, oh yes,
Now I'm really cashing in.

Wash of the Chesapeake and Appalachian Blue Range,
I have discovered the body of John Wilkes Booth.
Yes, it's true, I have Mr. Booth.
Everybody got to make a living somehow.
Do I hear a million?

Well I bring 'em on up and then I pack 'em on in.

No social statement. No argument about the death of Abraham Lincoln. This song is pure fun. Singer Neil Fallon uses some sort of distortion over his voice to make the song more odd, but the flavor is pure Clutch. I have the Body of John Wilkes Booth is a story about a poor fisherman who finally hits the motherload when Booth's body washes up on the shore before him. I wonder if anyone would believe him, given the amount of stories he's telling within the song about previous catches.

Email requesting permission for fair use of Clutch's lyrics was sent
September 26, 2003 to
management@pro-rock.com
Permission to reprint this lyric was received from Clutch via email on September 26, 2003
http://www.pro-rock.com/.

CST approved.

printable version
chaos

John Wilkes Booth	Abraham Lincoln	My love will never die	El Jefe Speaks
The one that got away	Discharge	License Plates on The Simpsons	CSS
Fisherman	distortion	million	Marlon Brando
Clutch	Appalachian Trail Conference	Prodigy	Scrubs
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