Made Up English Oceans - Drive-By Truckers

Six-by-nine and counting down, in one after the other

They’ll go running up and down the road, angry as their mothers

Over senseless acts of selfishness on made up English oceans

And made up English stomach contents tied to senseless notions

Once you grab them by the pride, their hearts are bound to follow

Their natural fear of anything less manly or less natural

Then gun-less sheriffs caught on lonesome roads and live to tell it

How hard it is for meaner men without the lead to sell it

Cause only simple men can see the logic in whatever

Smarter men can whittle down till you can fit it on a sticker

Get it stuck like mud and bugs to names that set the standard

They’ll live it like it’s gospel, and they’ll quote it like it’s scripture

Six-by-nine and counting down, in one after the other

They’ll go running up and down the road, angry as their mothers

Over senseless acts of selfishness on made up English oceans

And made up English stomach contents tied to senseless notions

It’s no matter if they dress real nice, and sit up straight and stupid

And say their prayers in quiet ancient tongues

They’re no different that the ones who close their eyes and fall down to the

ground

And twitch like all their nerves have come undone

So be it if they come to find out feeling good’s as easy

As denying that there’s day or night at all

Till what it takes to feel a thing seems so far out of reach

They just claw their skin, and grind their teeth and bawl