Jay Farrar - Cahokian

From the CD Terroir Blues

I will wat for you in the green, green spaces,
Wearing our post-industrial faces.
Side by side sit the trashpile twin,
And the eleventh century center of the Misissippian,
With the calender of the sun,
A people undone.

Ceremonial mounds in the backyards and towns,
That's the way it runed out.
A city built up on the other great mound torn down,
That's the way it happened.
A culture on the run,
They vanished in the sun,
The Mississippian.

Forward and on we go,
Building our mounds out of control,
Full of our finest throw away things.
The new Mississippians,
Under a smog choked sun,
Waiting to be undone.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Terroir
• Blues
• Jay
• Farrar
• Cahokian

[6eeyore9]

Did Jay make this video or was this a fan?

[terr0rkitten]

I made it. I have received several tongue lashing about how it is inaccurate with regard to the music. I only mention that in case that was an issue- I like to play, find pleasing footage that might increase the enjoyment of listening to a great tune

[bramblecino]

I enjoy these...

[MrFootbolt]

fantastic work and a great song BIG THUMBS UP

[VNTPLA]

Hi, In fact here I amon here to repeat that's a materpiece.Paul

[nickiperk]

This is tremendous...

[megasuperfuzz]

great song, jay is my hero!

[nsplatzer]

Thanks for this upload. I love this side of Jay & the video matched the mood most excellently.

[RamonaFromPomona]

I like black and white. Great song, too!

[VNTPLA]

Constantly come back on here end re and re and relisten this song. Whta does it matter who made the video? It's perfect, full of feeling and push the music in our hearts. Masterpiece.

[VNTPLA]

This video and song are gems.

[TurnOffTVandRead]

next to these huge mounds across the highway there is a just as big landfill quite funny or sad not sure which they probably destroyed some native's resting place just to dump some trash