Comments on: “Says the Cynic” http://www.tychoish.com/2006/03/says-the-cynic/ now without a net Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:53:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dad/Kim http://www.tychoish.com/2006/03/says-the-cynic/#comment-720 Dad/Kim Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:01:35 +0000 http://www.tychoish.com/2006/03/says-the-cynic/#comment-720 <p>Commas, lad, commas.</p> <p>But more to the point, a wee lesson from the Grateful Dead in the form of the last two verses of "Me and My Uncle":</p> <p>One of them cowboys, he starts to draw Well I shot him down, Lord, he never saw (note 2) Shot me another, hot damn he won't grow old (note 3) In the confusion my uncle grabbed the gold And we high-tailed it down to Mexico</p> <p>Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold I love my uncle, God rest his soul Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know Taught me so well, I grabbed that gold And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road (note 4)</p> <p>You come by your cynicism honestly, I think.</p> Commas, lad, commas.

But more to the point, a wee lesson from the Grateful Dead in the form of the last two verses of “Me and My Uncle”:

One of them cowboys, he starts to draw
Well I shot him down, Lord, he never saw (note 2)
Shot me another, hot damn he won’t grow old (note 3)
In the confusion my uncle grabbed the gold
And we high-tailed it down to Mexico

Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
I love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, I grabbed that gold
And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road (note 4)

You come by your cynicism honestly, I think.

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