Farcus by David Waisglass and Gordon Coulthart for February 19, 2025

There is no retirement.

The boss will never retire.

But, hey, it’s not crowded.

Another day, no more dollars.

He probably hasn’t realized that this is not heaven yet.

Some people say an angle’s made outta mud

A poor angles made outta muscle and blood

Muscle and blood and skin and bones

A mind that’s a-weak and a back that’s strong

You save 16 souls, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go

I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine

I picked up my halo and I walked to the mine

I saved 16 souls of politicians

And the straw boss said, “Well, a-bless my soul”

You save 16 souls, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go

I owe my soul to the company store

I was called up one mornin’, it was drizzlin’ rain

Fightin’ all the trouble are my middle name

I was raised in the canebrake by an ol’ mama lion

Can’t no high toned arc-angle make me walk the line

You save 16 souls, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go

I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me comin’, better step aside

A lotta men didn’t, a lotta men died

One fist of iron, the other of steel

If the right one don’t get you

Then the left one will

You save 16 souls, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go

I owe my soul to the company store

Dreams of grandure? ?

I wonder what the other place is like. :)

Wonder what he’s heaven for lunch.

Guess you didn’t wind up where you hoped to.