Pig’s Eye Parrant Songtext
von Chokecherry

In a shotgun shack with a swinging door
Beside a dirty haystack a little boy was born
He saw the world through a smoke and a fog
Because beside his one good eye there was the eye of a hog
When his mother passed away the preacher sold him as a slave
They laid him down with a cross of chains
Upon a slave ship bound for the promised land

He said though I′m gone
I will return
To watch these cities burn

Although I'm gone
I will come back
To see this whole world turn to ash


The sea did crash as the lightning roared
As the main sail snapped the water poured in
When the storm clouds cleared away
Upon the horizon skeleton ship with a skeleton black flag
They tied the captain up on board and put the slavers to the sword
Said "better think well on this choice you make
To join us as equals or go to the bottom of the sea as slaves"

He said though I′m gone
I shall return
To watch these cities burn
Although I'm gone
I will come back
To see this whole world turn to ash

Meanwhile out east the landlords and saints
Taxed the small moonshiners and chased the squatters all away
Pigs Eye went west and settled in a cave
On the Mississippi where the waters ran dark and grey
For whiskey and fur he'd trade
And with the natives lived then married until the missionaries came
They murdered the Indians and renamed Pigs Eye St. Paul

He said though I′m gone
I shall return
To watch these cities burn
Although I′m gone
I will come back
To see this whole world turn to ash