Fatted Calves

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    Our beef wizard sets off in search of the one who was promised, his curly staff by his side and with a song in his otherwise vacant heart.

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Whenever there is oppression, the ones that suffer the most are the children. Where is the bounty they were promised? Their meals turn to ashes on their tongues…

lyrics

FATTED CALVES

In a grim Montana way out west
With a sky as big as doom
The little ones escape their wretched womb

They shuffle towards a setting sun in
Their hunger in their eyes
Craving frozen milk and salted fries

They sniff the air with practiced care
And drag their tired feet
Searching for a place that has the meat

The beacon sits upon the hill
Ten gallons cold and steel
They cross the gate to take their joyous meal

But inside their hope he died
No children haunt this place
No little toys for girls and boys
We scream it in your face

We are not for you
You fatted calves
No paper crowns no clowns
No laughs
No tiny straws for tiny mouths
No orphans welcome in our house
You fatted calves are banished to the south

Hunger drove the fatted calves
A bitter master’s lash
Curling towards a distant mountain pass

They’re sure that their salvation’s in
The valley held beneath
They’re dripping at the scent of roasting beef

But at the border, who awaits
A pair of burning steeds
The fatted calves are driven to their knees

Please oh please, you mighty steeds
Look down on us with favor
Lick our tears and taste the salty flavor

But the mountains mist carries the taint
Of their generation's choice
The pumping horses stamp their feet
And raise their fleshy voice

We are not for you
You fatted calves
No paper crowns no clowns
No laughs
No tiny straws for tiny mouths
No orphans welcome in our house
You fatted calves are banished to the south

The smoking pits gray their flesh
And the butchers hoist their knives
The fatted calves bow their heads
And offer up their lives

credits

from GhostBeef, released October 25, 2022
written by T Monaghan

Bass and Vocals: Tom Monaghan
Guitar: Rob Kassees
Drums: Scott Castillo

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