What's Really Going On

[good4somethingbum]

What’s Really Going OnSam bought that diner when he left the armyFew guessed the secret of his chili con carneAnd losing an arm in VietnamMade him a hard n bitter manHe’d curse ev’rything from sunflower seeds on the floorTo possums sniffin’ ‘round his delivery doorAnd poor Rosie had all she could doWaitin’ on bikers, panhandling hitchhikersAnd putting up with ol’ Sam, tooThen one night a kid with dark glasses sat downSam growled that stoners these days don’t care aboutWhat’s really goin’ on, till their chance to change the world is goneSam snuck some rum he hid by the salt and cuminEven a hard man like him was all too humanRosie asked that kid, “what’ll ya have”He said “just chili and a decaf”And while Sam moaned about the cost of gassing his carRosie just nodded and counted the tips she’d got so farShe brought that kid his stuff then took a call on the phoneThat kid overheard ev’ry word as he sat there aloneRose was two weeks late on her rentSam kept complaining but that kid could senseWhat’s really goin’ on, ‘fore his chance to help someone was goneWhat’s really goin’ onhe tipped Rosie a couple of tens, and said “put it toward your rent”grabbed the cane by his feet , and said “one more thing before I leaveSam, your possum chili left me numbBut I could still smell your rotgut rumCos since a bomb in Baghdad took my sightI can hear and smell and feel the lightOf what’s really goin’ on‘fore my chance to help someone is gone”Well, Sam stopped drinkin’ when he realizedThat rum had been blindin’ his eyesTo what’s really goin’ on…what’s really goin’©2007 Robert George

[sgs4u]

what a gift you have, another stellar lyric Robert

[good4somethingbum]

thanks Steve! this'd need to be very conversational(almost spoken) in the vss then with a big but short chorus. it's got a funky sructure.