Austin Flood

Austin Flood

Austin is the greatest town

When the telephone lines are down

 

It's the American dream

Get wasted and boo the visiting team

 

Alex Jones predicts troubled times

The street preachers are laying down rhymes

 

Plenty of sights to see

Like a Luddite camping in the Gigafactory

 

Wannabe jokesters come and go

Dreaming of a spot on Joe Rogan's show

 

An indie rocker plays the blues

To get money for new shoes

Or maybe a new guitar

She's gonna be a star

A homeless man rubs his arm in pain

So cynical, standing out in the rain

 

A maniac driver grips his bullhorn tight

"You can flip me off but I'm right!"

 

A stranger stands atop the clock tower

As we're reaching the twelfth hour

 

Explosions in the sky

College kids screaming "Free Palestine!"

 

There's massive crack in Mansfield dam

The flood washes away a bull, a ram, and a lamb

 

Things just get weirder

A turtle pond with a bird feeder

An overcrowded Greyhound station

Austifornication

It's always been this way

Are you comin' back home to stay?

 

An urban cowboy clutches his gun

At the bonfire below the setting sun

This hot and humid day is done

Are ya really havin' fun?