I got loads of free time
But I can’t tell a soul
I got seven lovers on Skype
But I can’t bring them home
Still, I got a brand new song
So I guess there ain’t nothing wrong
I got 2 million people under occupation
But I can’t hire so much as a chef
I got 4 police investigation on my name
So I can’t brag about my wealth
Still, I got a brand new song ...
Ain’t that something else?
Now you know why most heads of state
Got a secret drawer full of poems
It’s the only way they can be outing themselves
They’re crossdressing with decorum
But a song is like a gun in court
A rolling bottle down a theatre wrought
Something so loaded it’s with honesty froth
Guess why it's shunned by normal folks
I’ll gםt three balls,
Well now you know that too
And a seafaring maiden in every port
And a jet fighter too
And I got a brand new song
I bet you care about that too
And I got a brand new song
You must be loving it too
Now you know why most heads of state ...
So now I’m the head of a state
With no borders and laws at all
There’s just one small test
To see if you can sing along
Yes I got a brand new song
So I guess there’s nothing wrong
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
Tanya Donnelly, Wreckless Eric, Rosanne Cash, contribute cover versions of John Wesley Harding’s songs for this charitable compilation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2021